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A man who admitted to setting a Virginia city council member on fire over an alleged affair was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to attempted first-degree murder<\/a> and aggravated malicious wounding over his attack on Danville City Council Member Lee Vogler.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told the court that on July 30, 2025, Buck-Hayes stormed into Vogler’s Danville office and doused him with gasoline before chasing him out of the building and setting him on fire, according to Cardinal News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney Michael Newman told reporters that Buck-Hayes spoke at his sentencing hearing and offered “what he claimed to be an apology” while maintaining that he was motivated by an alleged affair between Vogler and Buck-Hayes’ wife, Mary Alice.<\/p>\n

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Mary Alice filed for divorce in mid-July 2025, about two weeks before the attack, according to court records cited by Cardinal News.<\/p>\n

In September 2025, during the grand jury phase of the case, Sgt. Gerrit Clay with the Danville Police Department testified that Buck-Hayes intended to kill the married father of two over this alleged affair, an accusation that has never been substantiated.<\/p>\n

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Blair Vogler, the council member\u2019s wife, testified that the attack left her husband with second- and third-degree burns across 60% of his body.<\/p>\n

After the attack, Vogler was immediately airlifted to the burn unit at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and spent months recovering.<\/p>\n

“In order to correct those burns, they had to take an additional 35% of his skin, so there was a time when he was 95% open,” Blair Vogler testified, according to Cardinal News. “That has led to infections, he\u2019s had burn shock, septic shock\u2026 a smoke inhalation injury, and burns to his lungs, so he had pneumonia.”<\/p>\n

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Circuit Judge James Reynolds sentenced Buck-Hayes to life in prison. He gave him 10 years for attempted murder and a life sentence for aggravated malicious wounding, but suspended part of both sentences, giving him a 40-year term.<\/p>\n

Attorneys for Buck-Hayes say they are planning on appealing his sentence. They also said he is not a U.S. citizen and that in the future, he will likely return to his home country, the United Kingdom, according to ABC11<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After the attack, doctors believed Vogler would have to stay in the hospital for six months. According to his GoFundMe<\/a>, he was discharged from the hospital on Oct. 21, 2025, roughly three months earlier than expected.<\/p>\n

That same day, Vogler attended his first city council meeting since the attack and was warmly welcomed back by his colleagues.<\/p>\n

“Recovery remains a long road\u2014months to years\u2014and will include orthopedic surgeries for a condition called heterotopic ossification, as well as future cosmetic and laser procedures to improve functionality, range of motion, and everyday independence,” Blair Vogler wrote in a December 2025 update on the GoFundMe. “One of Lee\u2019s greatest challenges right now is working to regain use of the left hand due to nerve damage.”<\/p>\n

Vogler was elected to the city council in 2012 at the age of 24, making him the youngest person to ever be ascend to that position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-set-virginia-council-member-fire-alleged-affair-40-year-sentence <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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