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.
Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding over his attack on Danville City Council Member Lee Vogler.
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.
Commonwealth’s 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.
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