The Reading Eagle reports 29-year-old Thomas Lopez Jr. is being held on $500,000 bail after surrendering Monday to face charges of attempted murder and other counts.
Police allege Lopez entered the store April 30, threw gasoline on 34-year-old Joel Fontanez-Pagan and set him on fire because of a dispute over a woman. Fontanez-Pagan had to be placed in a medically induced coma, but came out of it June 18; police say he identified Lopez as his attacker from a photo.
Defense attorney James M. Polyak says Lopez says he didn't do it and wanted to tell police they had the wrong man.
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Information from: Reading Eagle, http://www.readingeagle.com/
