Florida woman sets roommate on fire over spaghetti spat: cops
Florida woman sets roommate on fire over spaghetti spat: cops
Melissa Dawn Sellers, 33, was arrested for dousing her roommate Carlos Ortiz Jr., 42, with nail polish remover and setting him on fire
An argument turned vicious in Florida when an incensed woman poured fingernail polish remover over her roommate then ignited it.
The fight, according to a witness, erupted after Carlos Ortiz Jr., 42, threw out Melissa Dawn Sellers spaghetti and meatballs, according to Clearwater police.
She was setting little objects on fire, then that turned into pouring nail polish remover all over him, and then all of a sudden, the lighter sparked and he lit on fire, said Ines Causevic, a friend of the victim, Bay News 9 reported .
Sellers had been staying with Ortiz after losing her job at Wal-Mart.
Causevic said she doused her friend with water and pulled off his shirt, which was on fire.