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NYC teen who set sleeping homeless man on fire aboard subway sentenced to five and a half years

June 24, 2026 · American Frontline News Staff

A federal judge sentenced 19-year-old Hiram Carrero to five and a half years in prison for setting a sleeping homeless man ablaze on a New York City subway car, a sentence that fell well short of the eight years prosecutors...

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