Petersburg man charged with setting former co-worker on fire

Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 4:44 p.m.
A Petersburg man was arrested today about 25 minutes after police say he set a former co-worker on fire and then fled on a public bus. The victim, who wasn’t identified, sustained burns to her head area and was airlifted to VCU Medical Center, where she is in serious but stable condition, 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 east end. Morton had been fired as a maintenance worker at the apartment complex yesterday, police said.


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