The man who set a Virginia city council member on fire gets 40 years in prison
Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty to attempted murder and malicious wounding after dousing Vogler with gasoline and setting him ablaze, leaving him with burns over 60% of his body.
- On Thursday, Danville Circuit Court Judge James Reynolds sentenced Shotsie Buck-Hayes to 40 years in prison for the July 30, 2025, attack on Danville City Council Member Lee Vogler.
- Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to attempted murder and aggravated malicious wounding after dousing Vogler in gasoline and setting him on fire, allegedly motivated by a suspected affair with Mary Alice.
- Blair Vogler testified that the attack left her husband with burns covering 60% of his body, while additional procedures required taking 35% of his skin, at one point leaving him 95% open.
- Attorney Michael Newman noted Reynolds imposed triple the recommended sentence for the wounding charge, while Buck-Hayes offered what he claimed to be an apology. Attorneys for Buck-Hayes plan to appeal.
- Vogler, elected to city council at 24, recently returned to his duties. Meanwhile, Buck-Hayes is not a U.S. citizen and will likely return to the United Kingdom after serving his sentence.
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My attacker is an evil, violent individual': 40 years given for setting Danville city councilman ablaze
Danville City Council member Lee Vogler testifies Thursday morning, June 25, 2026, in Danville Circuit Court in the sentencing for Shotsie Michael Buck-Hayes. | Charles Wilborn, Register & Bee via CNN DANVILLE, Va. (Danville Register & Bee) — The man responsible for setting Danville City Council member Lee Vogler on fire almost 11 months ago in a brazen and grisly attack will spend 40 years in prison, Danville Circuit Judge James Reynolds ruled …
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40 years given for setting Vogler ablaze
The man responsible for setting Danville City Council member Lee Vogler on fire almost 11 months ago in a brazen and grisly attack will spend 40 years in prison, Danville Circuit Court Judge James Reynolds ruled Thursday morning.
Man who set councilman on fire sentenced to 40 years in prison
DANVILLE, Va. (WGHP) — The man who set a Danville councilman on fire will spend the next 40 years in prison. Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty to his charges in April after he set Danville city councilman Lee Vogler on fire in July 2025. On Thursday, the judge announced that Buck-Hayes will serve 40 years in [...]
Man who set Virginia city council member on fire sentenced
DANVILLE, Va. A man who set a Virginia council member on fire last year in an alleged jealous rage was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday.Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to one count each of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the July 30, 2025, attack on Lee Vogler. Witnesses said Buck-Hayes walked into Voglers Danville office with a bucket of gasoline, doused him, chased him from the building …
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