Dominican judge orders arrest in US magician case

By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ

Published December 4, 2012 11:19pm ET

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Dominican judge orders arrest in US magician case — In this picture released by American magician Wayne Houchin, Houchin looks at the camera in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Houchin, of Chico, California, is receiving treatment for burns after a local television show host lit his head on fire with a flammable cologne while taping his Nov. 26 appearance on the Dominican Republic's "Closer To The Stars" TV program. (AP Photo) | AP

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered the arrest of a local television show host who set fire to the hair of a U.S. magician, burning his scalp, face and arm.

The judge announced the decision just hours after TV host Franklin Barazarte told The Associated Press in a phone interview from New York that the incident was an accident. He tossed flaming liquid on Wayne Houchin’s head as a “blessing” during a Nov. 26 taping of the show.

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