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High school student, 18, charged with arson in fire that burned New York City subway passenger
Hiram Carrero, 18, faces federal arson with injury charges carrying 7 to 40 years in prison after setting a homeless passenger on fire aboard a Manhattan subway train.
- On Dec. 1, an 18-year-old was charged federally after allegedly setting a sleeping 56-year-old man ablaze aboard a northbound No. 3 train at 34th St.-Penn Station around 3 a.m.
- After police released surveillance footage, NYPD warrants officers arrested Hiram Carrero on Thursday morning at the New York Police Department 9th Precinct, two days later.
- Police officers poured water on the man to extinguish flames after an off-duty MTA train conductor spotted smoke at Times Square–42 St station, and medics rushed the 56-year-old victim to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center with severe leg burns and charred skin in his seat.
- Facing multiple state charges, Hiram Carrero also appeared in Manhattan federal court on Friday, where a federal magistrate ordered his release.
- Surveillance images in the federal complaint show the 56-year-old victim alone in the subway car, and footage captured flames rising from his upper legs on the platform as federal prosecutors appeal to a district court judge.
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Man Accused of Setting Subway Rider on Fire Is Charged With Arson
An 18-year-old Harlem man accused of setting a 56-year-old man on fire as he slept on the subway was charged with arson resulting in injury in Federal District Court on Friday. The police said in a statement that the victim suffered “significant burn injuries” in the fire, which began around 3 a.m. Monday aboard a northbound 3 train at Penn Station in Manhattan. The 18-year-old, Hiram Carrero, stepped briefly onto the train and set the older man…
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