An assault on a biracial woman is being investigated as a hate crime after she was allegedly burned by lighter fluid thrown at her and ignited by a white man. Althea Bernstein, an 18-year-old EMT, ...

LENOIR, N.C. — A 29-year-old man is accused of using a cigarette lighter and spray deicer to cause a fire during an armed robbery Wednesday at the Ross and Company convenience store at 1902 Harper Ave ...

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Sometimes a sneak attack is the best way to fight off a would-be assailant. Pulling an obvious can of pepper spray out of your pocket or purse immediately tips them off that they’re about to be ...

A Wichita Falls man reportedly threatened to disfigure and burn his wife with a can of Raid bug spray and a lighter in an argument last week.John Francisco Berrios, 37, is out of the Wichita County ...

PHILADELPHIA (WHDH) — Police in Philadelphia are looking for a disgruntled customer who was caught on surveillance video using a can of hair spray and a lighter to torch an opening in the store’s ...

A Wichita Falls man is accused of threatening to burn his wife with a lighter and can of Raid bug spray. John Francisco Berrios, 37, is charged with aggravated assault family violence and two counts ...

A man who used a can of spray paint and a lighter as a makeshift blowtorch to kill a spider in his laundry room started a blaze that caused $60,000 worth of damage, Seattle fire officials said ...