An Arkansas man has been arrested a day after his wife said he doused her with lighter fluid and set her on fire during an argument, police say.
Conway police spokeswoman LaTresha Woodruff said that 39-year-old Alrick Powell was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday at an undisclosed location in North Little Rock. He was being transported back to Faulkner County as of 4:30 p.m., Woodruff said.
A neighbor called authorities around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in reference to the 39-year-old victim showing up at the back door of his home in the 500 block of Ash Street in Conway.
Officers with the Conway Police Department found the woman “badly injured with smoke coming from her body,” according to a news release.
The victim later told the authorities that she and Powell had gotten into an argument Tuesday.
Powell reportedly beat the woman, put a belt around her neck and doused her with lighter fluid before setting her on fire, police said.
The burned woman said that she was able to get into the shower to put the fire out and left the house as Powell looked for a cellphone and keys.
