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Newton Police Chief Will Jackson says an arrest has been made after a man was doused with gasoline and set on fire.
The incident occurred last week on Forward Street and the victim, 33-year-old Marlin Forward, underwent treatment in the burn center at Galveston.
Chief Jackson says 39-year-old Lakeisha Marie Owoigbe, of Newton, was arrested in Lufkin on Thursday and charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
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