An Oregon man who set a Juneau woman on fire last July will serve three years in prison.<\/p>\n
\u201cA person only gets so many breaks in their life … then breaks stop happening,\u201d Juneau Superior Court Judge Louis Menendez told 33-year-old Brian Hogan during a sentencing hearing May 2.<\/p>\n
Hogan pleaded guilty last August to a third-degree felony assault after his on-again, off-again girlfriend had to seek treatment for burns covering 50 percent of her body. At the time of the assault, an existing protective order was issued to keep Hogan from the woman.<\/p>\n
[Woman attacked, burned in Juneau<\/a>.]<\/p>\n According to charging documents, Hogan was sitting near the victim in July 2015 while her hand was in a bowl of acetone to remove fingernail polish, then a residual flame from Hogan\u2019s lighter landed in her bowl creating a domino effect of flames on her body.<\/p>\n In court, the victim stood near Hogan, cried in front of the judge and asked for the maximum punishment \u2014 five years in prison \u2014 to be handed down.<\/p>\n \u201cI was screaming for help, but … he did nothing to help me,\u201d the woman said while crying. \u201cI then crawled on my burnt body to get help, I was in so much pain. I was screaming for help.\u201d<\/p>\n The woman told Judge Menendez that she believed Hogan was \u201cevil\u201d and set out to hurt her that July day.<\/p>\n \u201cI will never forget the smell of burnt skin the rest of my life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n [Grand jury balks at big felony for man who burned girlfriend<\/a>.]<\/p>\n Hogan also read from a prepared statement while holding back emotions. He told the judge the assault was an accident, and he never intended her any harm.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve made enough bad decisions … I\u2019ve been trying hard for the last several years to make up for (those) decisions,\u201d Hogan said. \u201cI wish every second of every day that I could take away that pain (she) suffered, and that I was the one that got burned.\u201d<\/p>\n