DANVILLE, Va.—A man who set a Virginia council member on fire last year in an alleged jealous rage was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday.
Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to one count each of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the July 30, 2025, attack on Lee Vogler. Witnesses said Buck-Hayes walked into Vogler’s Danville office with a bucket of gasoline, doused him, chased him from the building and set him ablaze.
Blair Vogler, the council member’s wife, testified that Lee Vogler’s burns covered 60% of his body.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Newman said Vogler and his family attended Thursday’s hearing in Danville Circuit Court, where the visibly scarred councilman made an emotional statement about how the attack had altered his life. Newman said Buck-Hayes also spoke, offering “what he claimed to be an apology,” but repeating that he was motivated by an alleged affair between Vogler and Buck-Hayes’ wife….