Man Dies After Police Say He Was Set on Fire on Lyell Avenue

[Satanica]

Hat tip @Sugar Cookie

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The incident happened Friday at the victim's apartment.

Police tell Spectrum News Steven Amenhauser suffered burns to 70% of his body after they allege a 14-year-old and 16-year-old boy doused him in flammable liquid and intentionally set him on fire.

Amenhauser, 53, had been in critical condition at Strong Hospital’s Burn Unit until he died on Tuesday.

Investigators are still trying to figure out how he and the teens knew each other, but say they are not related.

Spectrum News spoke with several people in the area who did not want to go on camera, but they all said the same thing.
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The names of the teenagers are not being released due to their age.

Both are charged with assault. The 14-year-old faces an arson charge and is in the custody of the Office of Children and Family Services.

The 16-year-old is charged with first-degree assault and second-degree attempted arson, according to authorities. He was arraigned in Monroe County Youth Court and taken to the Monroe County Children's Center.

Rochester police say they are working with the Monroe County District Attorney's Office in regards to upgrading the charges against the teens following the death of the victim.
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Rochester Police: Teen Arrested After Man Set on Fire on Lyell Ave.

Two teenagers have been arrested and charged in the case.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Rochester Police say Zayvion Perry, 16, and Adriel Riley, Jr., 14, both from Rochester, doused the victim with a flammable liquid and set him on fire as he sat in his chair. They were initially charged with arson and assault in connection to the incident but after Amenhauser died, the Monroe County District Attorney’s office elevated the charges to second degree murder.

The Democrat & Chronicle reports the teens were acquaintances of Amenhauser, a Texas native who had no family and lived alone, and were arrested at the scene of the crime.

Rochester Police Capt. Frank Umbrino said Amenhauser had gone to the grocery store shortly before the teens allegedly set him on fire in his apartment around 12:30 p.m. According to WROC, Umbrino said there was no evidence to drugs being involved and wouldn’t comment on any potential gang involvement.
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WHEC reports Riley was previously arrested three times in the past seven months. He was accused of a robbery at knifepoint in a Gates parking lot in September, and his mother was charged with endangering the welfare of a child because she allegedly rented a hotel room for him and left him unsupervised. Riley was also caught in a stolen car in January, and his father was ticketed for endangering the welfare of a child.
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Perry will be prosecuted as an adolescent offender and remain in the youth part of Superior court, while Riley will be prosecuted as a juvenile offender and his case will remain in youth court due to the Raise the Age legislation.

Both are being held at the Monroe County Children’s Center, officials said. Perry is being held on $50,000 cash bail, $100,000 secured bond and $150,000 partially secured bond. Riley is being held with no bail, no release.

Upstate NY man dies after being ‘intentionally’ set on fire; 2 teens charged with murder

The victim had no family and lived alone, police said.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Sejanus]

Zayvion and Adriel.
Vicious thugs that should be charged as adults.
Then executed by immolation.

Tired of kids being more brutal than adults while being criminals.
They stop being kids the moment they commit violent crimes.
Treat them as the burden to society that they are.

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

I wonder what 2 teenagers were doing in an adult mans apartment in the middle of a school day, and how were they “acquainted?” Something this brutal feels very personal...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

In a virtual court hearing Wednesday, Perry yelled out "I didn't do it. I didn't do it. I told them!"

Two teenagers charged with murder in the death of a man set on fire pleaded not guilty in a virtual court arraignment Wednesday.

The same two teenagers were arrested together by Gates Police two months ago for being in a stolen car.

Gates Police charged one teen's father and the other teen's mother.

The Gates chief says the charge was for not supervising their children and not knowing where they were. But six weeks after those tickets were written, Rochester Police say the same two teenagers lit a man on fire and he died three days later.

The prosecutor called this a "brutal and vicious crime."

The victim is Steven Amenhauser, a man who grew up in Texas. Police say he lived alone in a Lyell Avenue apartment after his long-time girlfriend died in October. Monroe County Legislator Vince Felder told News10NBC the county will pay for Amenhauser's funeral. Felder sponsored a bill to raise the amount of money the county can spend on an indigent funeral from $1,250 to $2,000. The bill passed unanimously at the county legislature meeting on March 9.

Capt. Frank Umbrino, RPD Major Crimes: "Unfortunately there was no family in his life at the time of his death. So the reason I'm telling you a little bit about him is because there is nobody else to speak for him."

Umbrino described Amenhausser as "vulnerable" and in "declining health."

Police say Amenhauser died three days after Perry and Riley doused him with a flammable liquid and set him on fire.

'I didn't do it!' 16-year-old yells at his murder arraignment in death of man set on fire

Two teenagers charged with murder in the death of a man set on fire pleaded not guilty in a virtual court arraignment Wednesday.

www.whec.com

 

[Satanica]

Is he already trying to throw his buddy under the bus? You were there, so shut the fuck up about your innocence.