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

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…

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 to 5 1/2 years in prison.

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

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Judge Lewis J. Liman gave Hiram Carrero, 19, a sentence that was longer than the mandatory minimum required for arson, after the teen plead guilty in March to the charge.