A jury in Volusia County, Florida convicted a man of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree arson after he set a woman on fire in 2017.
Bernard Thomas was sentenced to a mandatory life sentence forand consecutive 30-year sentences for first-degree arson of a dwelling and first-degree arson of a vehicle.
The Volusia County State Attorney R.J. Larizza’s office said in a release that on Aug. 27, 2017, Tracy Adams ran inside of her Deland, Florida, home screaming,"Bernard tried to kill [me]" to her children.Adams was on fire as she ran, and when investigators arrived on the scene, they found her car was engulfed with flames spreading to the roof of her home.
A Texas inmate and three prison guards were injured in a transportation vehicle crash late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. Both police and the fire department arrived on the scene, Tuesday morning following the accident. The victims were driving a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prisoner van.
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