Man Pleads Guilty After Trying To Set Boss On Fire In Bucks Co.

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A Bristol Township man has pled guilty to charges related to his attempt to set his former boss on fire and torching his car at the Village Lodge on Bristol Pike in January, authorities said.

Glenn King, 60, of Bristol Township, was arraigned for the crime in late January, with bail set at $125,000 with 10 percent. He is being held at Bucks County Prison.

He pleaded guilty to felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor criminal mischief before Bucks County Common Pleas Judge Wallace Bateman Jr. on Tuesday, authorities said. His sentencing is scheduled for June.

Steve Doerner, chief administrator for the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office, said that King entered an open guilty plea but his sentencing was deferred pending results of some evaluations.

"We’ve made no agreement on sentence so it will be up to the judge," Doerner said.

King faces up to 22 years in state prison.

Bristol Township Police said that King, who did maintenance work at the Village Lodge, showed up at the motel on Jan. 17 and doused a Lexus in the parking lot with kerosene, a criminal complaint obtained by Patch states.

When the car owner, King’s former boss, saw what was happening, he approached King, who allegedly sprayed the victim with kerosene and attempted to set him on fire, the complaint reads.

The man ran toward the motel office with King following him and threatening to kill him and “burn this place down,” the court affidavit said.

King then allegedly picked up an aerosol can of accelerant from his car, walked back to the Lexus, and used the blowtorch and the spray to create a flamethrower, which ignited the Lexus.