Prosecutors requested Hiram Carrero serve up to eight years, saying his actions left the man, who was sleeping at the time, critically injured and with permanent extensive scarring and disfigurement.

A federal judge has sentenced a New York City high school senior who admitted setting fire to a homeless man in a subway car to 5 1/2 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — A high school senior who admitted to setting a fire that severely burned a homeless man on the subway was sentenced Tuesday in Manhattan federal court