An Auburn man will go to prison for setting a woman on fire last year.
Mathew E. Mosher Sr., 51, was sentenced to eight years in state prison for first-degree attempted assault (a Class C violent felony) Thursday morning in Cayuga County Court.
Mosher pleaded guilty to the charge in May, admitting to pouring nail polish remover on a woman and igniting it with a lighter in July 2024. She sustained leg burns as a result.
When asked by Judge Thomas Leone whether there was anything he wished to say, the defendant said he wanted to "apologize for everything." He also said he has experienced mental health issues that he has been treating with medication, and expressed hope that he will "come out (of prison) a better person."
Mosher's prison sentence will be followed by聽five years of post-release supervision. He was also sentenced Thursday to two to four years in prison for aggravated family offense (a Class E felony) for a separate incident involving a different victim. That will run concurrently with his other sentence.
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