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A 46 year old man, Donald Dale Hackman Jr.,
is facing felony charges for beating up a
woman and lighting a fire on her vagina,
police report. Hackman Jr., , of Lititz, is
charged with arson, two counts of aggravated
assault, three counts of simple assault and
false imprisonment.
Officers were called to the Heart of Lancaster
Hospital on Friday evening for a report of a
woman who had been burned as a result of
an assault.
According to police, the 43-year-old woman
and her 7-year-old child had been staying
with Hackman at his apartment along East
Main Street for the past month. The
investigation revealed that Hackman had been
beating the woman over the course of several
days, authorities said. During one of the
assaults, the woman told police Hackman
poured lighter fuel on her genital area and lit
her on fire. She suffered second and third-
degree burns over her stomach, genital area
and inner thighs, police said.
She was treated a local hospital and then
transferred to the Leigh Valley Hospital Burn
Center. The victim told investigators that
Hackman also locked her child in a closet for
20 minutes after he acted out when Hackman
beat her, police said. Hackman was arrested
and taken to Lancaster County Prison in lieu
of $500,000 bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 23.
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