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- Gregory Youngblood, 57, was charged Monday with setting a woman on fire.
- The incident occurred after an argument at their shared Ogden residence, police say.
OGDEN — An Ogden man was charged Monday with throwing gasoline on a woman and setting her on fire.
Gregory Youngblood, 57, is charged in 2nd District Court with aggravated arson, a first-degree felony; aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor.
Just before 2 a.m. Friday, police were called to a reported assault at 2946 Lincoln Ave. When officers arrived, they found a woman standing in the street with "several severe burns to her face, chest, shoulders and arm," and hair on the side of her head was singed, according to a police booking affidavit.
Police said the burns would likely cause "permanent disfigurement."
The woman said she had been in a bedroom of the home with a friend who who had agreed to give her and Youngblood a ride. The woman said she and Youngblood, who live in the same home, had been arguing about him having "sexual relations" with another resident of the home. She had shared her "displeasure" about Youngblood also getting a ride from the friend, according to the affidavit.
It was not made clear in court documents whether there was a romantic relationship between the woman and Youngblood or if they are merely housemates.
While the woman was speaking to the friend, police say Youngblood "entered the room, threw gasoline on her and set the gasoline on fire."
A witness told police she saw Youngblood set the fire, and he then threw the woman to the floor and choked her briefly before he ran out of the home through the back door, according to the affidavit.
Police used cellphone data to track Youngblood to Riverdale, where he was arrested by the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force team. They found a glass pipe of the type "commonly used to smoke methamphetamine" when they apprehended him, the affidavit says.
