bloodrayne
05-29-2005, 02:55 PM
Upstate Police: Burned Man May Have Lit Tracking Device On Fire
Glens Falls, New York -- A man on house arrest suffered burns on 60 percent of his body Thursday after the tracking device on his ankle caught fire, authorities said.
Witnesses said 25-year-old Jason McClaskey was engulfed in flames on his front porch just before 6 a.m. Firefighters found him in his bedroom with most of his clothing burned off, Assistant Chief Ray Ives said.
McClaskey had lighter fluid on his leg and although he told officials he was trying to light his grill, that didn't seem likely since there was no charcoal on it, Police Chief Richard Carey said.
McClaskey was in stable condition at Westchester Burn Center in Valhalla, a spokesman said Thursday afternoon.
Washington County District Attorney Rob Winn said McClaskey was on house arrest for breaking into a Hebron storage building in November and stealing 10 pounds of marijuana.
Any destruction of tracking devices alerts authorities, Winn noted.
Officials also said McClaskey attempted suicide during a November 2003 stay in the Warren County jail on a misdemeanor charge.
Glens Falls is 45 miles north of Albany.
Glens Falls, New York -- A man on house arrest suffered burns on 60 percent of his body Thursday after the tracking device on his ankle caught fire, authorities said.
Witnesses said 25-year-old Jason McClaskey was engulfed in flames on his front porch just before 6 a.m. Firefighters found him in his bedroom with most of his clothing burned off, Assistant Chief Ray Ives said.
McClaskey had lighter fluid on his leg and although he told officials he was trying to light his grill, that didn't seem likely since there was no charcoal on it, Police Chief Richard Carey said.
McClaskey was in stable condition at Westchester Burn Center in Valhalla, a spokesman said Thursday afternoon.
Washington County District Attorney Rob Winn said McClaskey was on house arrest for breaking into a Hebron storage building in November and stealing 10 pounds of marijuana.
Any destruction of tracking devices alerts authorities, Winn noted.
Officials also said McClaskey attempted suicide during a November 2003 stay in the Warren County jail on a misdemeanor charge.
Glens Falls is 45 miles north of Albany.