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Melissa Dawn Sellers, 33, was arrested for dousing her roommate Carlos Ortiz Jr., 42, with nail polish remover and setting him on fire.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...oommate-fire-spaghetti-spat-article-1.1983806[...]
argument turned vicious in Florida when an incensed woman poured fingernail polish remover over her roommate and then ignited it.
The fight, according to a witness, erupted after Carlos Ortiz Jr., 42, threw out Melissa Dawn Sellers’ spaghetti and meatballs
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“She was setting little objects on fire, then that turned into pouring nail polish remover all over him, and then all of a sudden, the lighter sparked and he lit on fire,” said Ines Causevic, a friend of the victim,
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Sellers had been staying with Ortiz after losing her job at Walmart.
Causevic said she doused her friend with water and pulled off his shirt, which was on fire.
He is hospitalized in critical condition with burns to this face and torso
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“When he got up, his face was like melting off,” Causevic said. “His lips were burning.”
Sellers, 33, was charged with aggravated battery.
She has a prior conviction from 2008 for battery.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...cles/bn9/2014/10/22/clearwater_police_wo.html[...]
Around 2:30 a.m., 33-year-old Melissa Dawn Sellers got into an argument with 42-year-old Carlos Ortiz Jr. at a home on the 300 block of Gunn Avenue. The two had been drinking, and Sellers doused Ortiz's upper body with nail polish remover and ignited with him a lighter or cigarette,
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According to Ortiz's friend and witness, Ines Causevic, Sellers was angry at Ortiz because he had thrown out her spaghetti and meatballs.
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Causevic said she threw water on Ortiz and tore his shirt off, trying to put out the fire.
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Ortiz was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition with burns to his face, chest and shoulders.
Sellers left the scene before police arrived, but returned later from her stepfather's home nearby and was arrested,
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She was charged with aggravated battery.
In an earlier news release, police said Sellers had been charged with attempted murder due to the extent of Ortiz's injuries.
Neighbors and friends of Ortiz said they are sickened by the incident. They said Ortiz was a good guy who helped people out and let Sellers move in because she had been evicted.
"That's my friend and I can't imagine such a horrible thing, because he didn't deserve that," said Katherine Muds. "He would never hurt anybody."
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has prior arrests for battery and robbery.