US EditionHigh 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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High school student, 18, charged with arson in fire that burned New York City subway passenger
A New York City high school senior has been jailed on a federal arson charge days after authorities say he set a fire that severely burned a sleeping subway passenger.
Teen accused of setting homeless man on fire on NYC subway ID’d by ‘distinctive mustache’
Police used body-camera footage from an October traffic stop to track down the teen suspected of setting a homeless man on fire on a Manhattan subway train, identifying him in part based on his “distinctive mustache,” prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Hiram Carrero, 18, who was caught on MTA surveillance cameras setting fire to the sleeping victim on a northbound No. 2 train at 34th St.-Penn Station on Monday, was cited by the NY…
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