THURSDAY NEWS HIT – A man accused of lighting his old co-workers on fire after he was terminated from his job is now sitting in jail, facing a list of felony charges.
Authorities said Roberto Romero returned to his former job at an auto parts manufacturer in Southwest Detroit on Monday morning after he had been fired for leaving threatening notes at the business. While there, he allegedly doused one of his ex-coworker’s vehicles with gas and set her on fire. When a colleague saw what was happening and tried to intervene, she was also set on fire.
The victims, both Detroit women in their 50s, were seriously injured in the arson and required medical treatment.
Romero was arraigned Wednesday on charges of two counts of assault with intent to murder, placing offensive substance causing serious injury, placing offensive substance causing physical injury, two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, …