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Dunbar woman sentenced for setting man on fire
CHARLESTON (AP) — A Dunbar woman has pleaded guilty to setting her boyfriend on fire.
WCHS-TV reports that 46-year-old Cynthia Swoboda pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding Monday in Kanawha County Circuit Court.
Swoboda received a one-year jail sentence, with credit for time served.
Police say Swoboda poured gasoline on Shane Stone and then set him on fire in a pharmacy parking lot on May 26.
Stone was treated at Cabell Huntington Hospital's burn unit and released.