Man Dumps Gas on Wife and Sets Her Ablaze | Crime Alert 10AM 10.14.25

A California man is in jail after allegedly setting his wife on fire inside their Porterville home. In Alabama, the Priceville City Council reinstates police officer Garry Chapman, son of Dog the Bounty Hunter, after firing him for a chase that ended with the death of a 17-year-old. Drew Nelson reports.

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Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson.
A California man is in jail after allegedly setting his
wife on fire inside their Porterville home. Deputy said the
attack happened around five thirty pm Friday on Avenue one
twenty near Porterville to Laurie County. Deputies found thirty nine
year old Sheena Hoffman with severe burns to her face, arms,

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and torso. Her husband, Sean Hoffman, was arrested at the scene.
She and his son, Michael Post, told KFSN he was
at home when he got a frantic call from his sister.
She was like, you need to get to mom's house now.
Your stepdad just covered her in gas and he's saying
he's gonna light her on fire. Posts said he arrived
to find his mother being airlifted to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.

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She remains there in the burn unit, sedated and on
a ventilator. Michael said his family is struggling to process
what happened. Her home is where everybody goes to. It's
always like, if anybody needs anything, they call her. She's
always the one that runs to people's rescues if they
need it. Michael says his mother and stepfather had been

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married for ten years and shared seven children in their
blended family. Authority said Sean Hoffman poured gasolina on Sheena
before setting her on fire. Deputies took him into custody
shortly after the attack. The family has set up a
GoFundMe page to help cover travel to and from the
hospital and other medical costs. The campaign, titled Donate to
Help My Mom Sheena, has raised one forty dollars of

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its modest twenty two hundred dollars goal from thirty donations.
Michael writes that his mother was quote badly burned due
to a horrific domestic violence incident, and that any help
is quote greatly appreciated. Sheena is listed at stable but
faces a long recovery. Her son said he and his
siblings are staying by her side in the hospital as

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she fights to heal. More crime and justice news after this.
In Alabama, the Priceville City Council reinstates police officer Gary
Chapman after firing him for a chase that ended with
the death of a seventeen year old. The vote came

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Monday night after more than two hours of closed door discussion.
The council voted unanimously to reverse Chapman's termination and give
him a ten day unpaid suspension. He will return to
work under probation and retrain with the supervisor. Mayor Sam
Hefflin recused himself from the decision. Chapman was fired on
September twenty second after a high speed pursuit on September

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six ended in tragedy. Police said Chapman began the chase
on I sixty five when he suspected driver Archie Hale
was under the influence. Hale fled, reaching speeds near one
hundred miles per hour as Chapman followed through downtown Hartzell.
The chase ended when Hale's car struck another vehicle carrying
four teenagers. Seventeen year old Tristan Hollis was killed three

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others were hurt. According to w HNT, Mayor Heflin ruled
the Chapman and violated the department's pursuit policy by continuing
into a populated area. His reports said Chapman did not
consider traffic and admitted he was not familiar with the route.
Heflin also wrote that Chapman quote had not expressed remorse
and might engage in a similar chase again. Chapman's attorney,

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Scott Morrow, said his client followed policy and was made
a scapegoat. Before the hearing, Moro filed a ten million
dollar claim for wrongful termination against the city. He withdrew
it after the reinstatement. Chapman said, quote unbally thankful to
the lord who's really helped me throughout all this. Me
appealing my termination was not a discount at that. He
was merely standing up for what's right and for myself

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because what I did, I truly believe I was in
the right for Chapman's father, Dwayne Chapman, aka Dogged the
bounty hunter, was at the hearing Hale. The suspect in
the case remains in the Morgan County Jail without bond
on a charge of reckless murder. Juan Nahara Kazata is
one of the fbis most wanted for fleeing prosecution after
being charged with sexually abusing his six year old girl

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in Chicago. Police say the assault happened in June of
two thousand and seven inside an apartment building where Kaizata
and the child both lived. At the time. He lived
with a woman who ran a daycare from the home.
The girl told investigators that Kazata had attacked her there.
He was arrested in August of two thousand and seven
and charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child.
After being released on bond, he failed to appear in

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court and vanished. Authorities later said he was also wanted
for questioning in another child assault case. A state warrant
for his arrest was issued on September thirtieth of two
thousand and eight. In twenty twelve, a federal warrant followed
after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
The FBI says Kazata may be hiding in Mexico and
should be considered armed and dangerous. Now as a teenager,

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the victim said she still wants justice. In a Spanish
language publication, she said, quote, I can't sleep peacefully knowing
he's free, that he could do this to another girl.
Justice takes time, but it never forgets. I hope that
one day Kazata will pay for what he did. Kazata
is about five to five or one hundred and fifty
five to one hundred and sixty five pounds, with black
hair and brown eyes. He previously worked in landscaping, and

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along with Chicago, he has ties to northwest Indiana. Anyone
with information is asked to contact the FBI or your
nearest American embassy or consulate eight hundred call FBI or
tips at FBI dot gov and you do not have
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with this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.