Man who burned baby with barbecue fire gets prison time
WARNING TO ALL BARBECUE FANS – Don’t do what this idiot did to start his barbecue.
ANAHEIM – An Anaheim man was sentenced to prison time for causing a barbecue fire to go out of control and seriously burn his 6-month-old niece, according to court records.
Miguel Angel Tellez pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony count of unlawfully causing a fire with great bodily injury and admitted to a sentencing enhancement for great bodily injury and domestic violence, according to Orange County Superior Court records.
Tellez was sentenced to six years in state prison and three years of probation, and was ordered to pay restitution, court records show.
An additional felony charge for child abuse and endangerment, and an additional sentencing enhancement, were dismissed.
Tellez was arrested Jan. 17 after firefighters responded to a barbecue blaze on a patio of an apartment complex in the 1100 block of North Onondaga Avenue.
The fire was out when the crews arrived, but a 6-month-old girl who had suffered second- and third-degree burns to her legs had to be taken to a hospital.
A joint investigation by the Anaheim fire and police departments determined that Tellez had poured gasoline on top of charcoal in the barbecue to accelerate the flames.
Police said the infant was sitting in a stroller 4 to 5 feet from the barbecue when Tellez poured the gasoline from a plastic milk container.
Both the gasoline and the container caught fire, authorities said, causing Tellez to drop it to the ground and the flames to spread to the child.
Contact the writer: 714-796-7939 or semery@ocregister.com
Bill & Sheila’s Barbecue Safety
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