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A Southern California homeless man was arrested after allegedly trying to set a grocery store employee on fire.
Police said 31-year-old Raul Bautista tried to leave a grocery store without paying for his cart of groceries. When an employee confronted Bautista, he allegedly unleashed a fiery response.
Bautista sprayed the store employee with lighter fluid and tried to set the victim on fire before running away from the store, police said.
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Bautista was arrested soon after the incident and was charged with attempted murder and robbery. He is being held at the Robert Presley Detention Center on $1 million bail.