Petersburg man arrested after setting former co-worker on fire, police say

Published Nov. 18, 2009 at 4:01 a.m.
A Petersburg man was arrested yesterday about 25 minutes after police said he set a former co-worker on fire and then fled on a public bus. The 35-year-old victim, whom police didn’t identify, suffered burns to her head and was airlifted to VCU Medical Center, where she was in serious but stable condition yesterday, police said. Henry Morton, 51, was charged with aggravated malicious wounding in the 8:35 a.m. assault, which occurred in the parking lot of the Petersburg East Complex at 110 Croatan Drive in the city’s eastern end. Morton had been fired as a maintenance worker at the apartment complex Monday, police said.


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