LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Pontiac man accused of setting one other man on hearth was arraigned at present on a cost of assault to do nice bodily hurt.
Joseph Lee Inexperienced (Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace)
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace says the incident occurred round 1:00 a.m. on Feb. 5 within the 100 block of Cherryhill Rd. in Pontiac.
The workplace says Joseph Lee Inexperienced, 30, allegedly used paper and a lighter to burn the sufferer, a 49-year-old man from Pontiac, on his neck, arm and physique.
The assault is believed to have stemmed from an incident between the 2 males that occurred a number of weeks earlier than.
The sufferer was taken to the hospital after the alleged assault. Inexperienced left the scene of the crime earlier than police arrived. He was arrested in Detroit on Friday.
The workplace says Inexperienced is being held in Oakland County Jail on a $75,000/ 10 % bond set at present by Justice of the Peace Michael Bosnic. This implies he might be launched by posting $7,500.
Inexperienced is about to seem in Pontiac’s fiftieth District Court docket on April 22 for a possible trigger convention and April 29 for a preliminary examination.
He faces one cost of assault with intent to do nice bodily hurt lower than homicide.
“It’s hard to imagine the cruelty we see in today’s society, for someone to literally light another human being on fire. We need to send a very strong and clear message that people that do these kinds of heinous acts will be held accountable,” stated Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard in a information launch despatched to six Information.
