UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - Police say a 23-year-old man is facing charges including attempted murder and assault in connection with an attack on his grandmother, who has been hospitalized in critical condition.
The Observer-Dispatch reports police went to the home in West Street in Utica, New York, shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday.
They found the 68-year-old woman with multiple injuries including knife cuts and burns and saw the apartment was burning.
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The woman told police her grandson had attacked her and set the house on fire before fleeing.
He was later found at a motel and taken into custody.
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