APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An Apollo Beach man accused of setting his estranged wife on fire has been charged attempted with attempted first-degree murder.
Christopher Hanney was booked into Hillsborough County's Orient Road Jail on Wednesday night. Sheriff's officials say he is being held without bond and might appear in court Thursday. His wife remains hospitalized.
According to a news release, Hanney doused his wife in a flammable liquid, hit her on the head with a hammer and set her on fire. The woman ran from her home to a neighbor's house and said that her husband had set the fire.
Both Hanney and his wife were taken to hospitals for burn treatment.
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