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Maplewood resident charged
after severely burning woman
Allegedly doused her to court documents.
The flames were put out and the
with flaming gasoline woman was taken by ambulance to the
burn unit at Regions Hospital in St.
'during argument Paul, according to court documents.
Hospital staff told police that she suf-
Aundrea Kinney fered second-degree burns on her face,
Review staff upper chest,both arms,both hands and
inner right leg;burns on her neck may
A Maplewood woman has been have been third-degree burns.
charged with first-degree felony assault Court documents say police have
for allegedly dousing another woman been unable to speak to the victim
with flaming gasoline in an because her injuries were so
apparent argument over a severe that she has a breath-
man they were both dating. ing tube inserted into her
Laurel Lee Sykes, 32, throat and has been sedated.
allegedly assaulted the After the incident,police
woman May 30. found Sykes sitting on a
Sykes was charged with retaining wall in the 600
first-degree felony assault block of Wilson Street in
on June 1,and she appeared St.Paul,according to court
in Ramsey County District documents. After she was
Court later the same day. arrested,she allegedly told
The court set Sykes'bail police the victim grabbed a
at$100,000 and she was Laurel Lee Sykes half-smoked cigarette out of
ordered to have no contact her hand,so Sykes pushed
with the victim.Her next her. She claimed the other
court date is June 29. woman knocked over a gas can when
The maximum penalty for first- she fell and the cigarette ignited the
degree assault is 20 years,a $30,000 fuel.
fine,or both. Court documents say Sykes claimed
Witnesses told police Sykes and the to have tried to help put out the flames
28-year-old victim were dating the same on the other woman, whose name
man,and they had been arguing about she said she did not know.Sykes was
it for hours at an apartment in the 700 treated for minor burns.
block of Conway Street in St. Paul, Sykes' criminal history includes
according to court documents. numerous traffic violations and driving
Sykes left and returned with a Baso- after her license was revoked.
line can,filled a cup with gas and alleg-
edly lit the cup of gasoline on fire and Aundrea Kinney can be reached at 651-
used it to douse the other woman,who 748-7822 orakinney@lillienews.con.
was then engulfed in flames,according