Store Clerk Set on Fire by Alleged Shoplifter in Northern California

Store Clerk Set on Fire by Alleged Shoplifter in Northern California
A store clerk was hospitalized after being set on fire while confronting a shoplifting suspect in a convenience store in Northern California on Sept. 22, 2023. GoFundMe
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A store clerk was set on fire while confronting an alleged shoplifter in a convenience store in Northern California Sept. 22, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department.

The suspect, 38-year-old Kendall Burton, was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility and is being held without bail for charges including assault with a deadly weapon, battery, arson causing bodily injury, robbery, and mayhem.