Scorned husband set lawmaker on fire for having AFFAIR with his wife, court is told

A scorned husband set fire to a Virginia lawmaker for having an affair with his wife, a court has heard. 

Shotsie Michael Buck-Hayes was arrested in July after allegedly pouring gasoline on Danville City Council member Lee Vogler inside his own office and setting him alight. 

At a preliminary hearing held on Tuesday, a Danville Police investigator said that Buck-Hayes told officers ‘he set the person on fire who had an affair with his wife’.

Buck-Hayes told officers that he had purchased gasoline at a gas station with the intent to kill Vogler, using a lighter to start the fire. 

He was arrested for attempted first-degree murder after pouring gasoline on Vogler at his workplace. 

Vogler’s wife Blair told the court that her husband suffered second and third-degree burns to 60 percent of his body. 

According to his wife it took 35 percent of his skin to cover the burns, he also suffered burn shock and septic shock, as well as burning to his lungs due to smoke.

Vogler has been in hospital ever since the incident and is still recovering. He shares two children with his wife. 

Three witnesses testified at the hearing, an employee of Showcase Magazine where the attack happened, a police investigator and Vogler’s wife. 

According to the employee, Buck-Hayes walked into the building with a bucket and chased Vogler, pouring gasoline on him. 

The witness told the court that they saw the actual burning happen, and described the wounds on Vogler. 

Another court hearing has been set in the case for late next month, on October 27. 

Hayes’ wife, Mary Alice Buck-Hayes, filed for divorce just two weeks before the incident. The couple married in 2021, according to her Facebook page.

He was charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding following the attack. 

This is a breaking news story.