• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • My Account
  • Subscribe
  • Log In
Itemlive

Itemlive

North Shore news powered by The Daily Item

  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Police/Fire
  • Government
  • Obituaries
  • Archives
  • E-Edition
  • Help
This article was published 16 year(s) and 2 month(s) ago

Lynn woman charged with lighting man on fire

dobrien

April 9, 2009 by dobrien

LYNN – A seemingly psychotic Lynn woman was arrested for attempted murder Tuesday after she lit a man on fire inside her Parkland Avenue apartment, police said.Anna Laverty, 46, of 12 Parkland Ave. #12, was arrested and charged with assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to maim and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon shortly after 7 p.m. She is currently being held in jail without bail pending an April 14 dangerousness hearing at Lynn District Court.Police responded to Laverty’s apartment on a report of a domestic dispute and found the victim, identified in a police report as David Richardson, who said his clothes and hair had been lit on fire during an argument.Richardson, who lives with Laverty, said he got into a verbal argument with her because he didn’t want a drug dealer to come over the house.Police say the incident suddenly escalated when Laverty grabbed a can of lighter fluid and squirted it on Richardson’s hair and shirt.Richardson asked Laverty, “What are you doing?” before Laverty allegedly grabbed a lighter from a living room coffee table and lit Richardson’s shirt and hair on fire, according to police.Richardson was able to remove the ignited shirt and stomp it on the ground. He refused medical treatment.Police noted in a report that their observation of the burned shirt and singed hair led them to believe Richardson’s story and take Laverty into custody.Police said Laverty was highly intoxicated but cooperated with officers.

  • dobrien
    dobrien

    View all posts

Related posts:

No related posts.

Primary Sidebar

Advertisement

Sponsored Content

What questions should I ask when choosing a health plan?

Advertisement

Upcoming Events

#SmallBusinessFriday #VirtualNetworkingforSmallBusinesses #GlobalSmallBusinessSuccess #Boston

July 18, 2025
Boston Masachusset

1st Annual Lynn Food Truck & Craft Beverage Festival presented by Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce

September 27, 2025
Blossom Street, Lynn,01905, US 89 Blossom St, Lynn, MA 01902-4592, United States

2025 GLCC Annual Golf Tournament

August 25, 2025
Gannon Golf Club

Adult Color/Paint Time

July 11, 2025
5 N Common St, Lynn, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01902

Footer

About Us

  • About Us
  • Editorial Practices
  • Advertising and Sponsored Content

Reader Services

  • Subscribe
  • Manage Your Subscription
  • Activate Subscriber Account
  • Submit an Obituary
  • Submit a Classified Ad
  • Daily Item Photo Store
  • Submit A Tip
  • Contact
  • Terms and Conditions

Essex Media Group Publications

  • La Voz
  • Lynnfield Weekly News
  • Marblehead Weekly News
  • Peabody Weekly News
  • 01907 The Magazine
  • 01940 The Magazine
  • 01945 The Magazine
  • North Shore Golf Magazine

© 2025 Essex Media Group