Man in custody after car fire, domestic violence dispute

A Wake County man is in custody after a domestic violence dispute. The sheriff's office says he intentionally lit this car on fire on Laurel Leaf Road in Zebulon.
Posted 6/11/2025, 8:23:18 PM Updated 6/12/2025, 12:58:07 AM

IMMEDIATELY AND IT'S FREE TO

DOWNLOAD. BREAKING RIGHT NOW AT

5 O'CLOCK IN WAKE COUNTY, A MAN

IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A FIGHT

THAT LED TO THIS VEHICLE HERE

BEING SET ON FIRE. THIS

HAPPENED ON THE 1000 BLOCK OF

LAUREL LEAF ROAD. THAT'S IN

ZEBULON. WRAL'S. CARLY HAYNES

IS JOINING US NOW LIVE AT THE

SCENE. CARLY, ONE WAR WE

LEARNING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

I UNDERSTAND IT HAPPENED.

>> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

YES, 4 HOURS AGO, THE CAR IS

STILL HERE OF, THOUGH, LOOKS A

LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT DID THIS

MORNING. METAL IS MELTED.

IT LOOKS LIKE A SKELETON OF

WHAT IT WAS. THIS WINDOWS BLOWN

OUT AND THEN INSIDE THE CARS,

THE SEATS, THE STEERING WHEEL.

THEY'RE ALL GONE. AND THEN JUST

A FEW FEET AWAY. WE NOTICE THIS

LIGHTER NEXT TO THE CAR AND

THEN A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THAT.

A GAS CAN WE DID GET SOME VIDEO

FROM A NEIGHBOR THAT SHOWED

WHAT THE CAR LOOKS LIKE.

WOW, IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES

AND NEIGHBORS SENT THIS TO

WRAL. THE CAR JUST ALL ON FIRE.

AN AERIAL VIEW EVENTUALLY SHOW

THE CHARRED VEHICLE AFTER

FIREFIGHTERS HAD PUT THAT FIRE

OUT.

>> SKY 5 CAPTURED A MAN IN THAT

VIDEO BEING PUT INTO HANDCUFFS.

THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S

OFFICE SAID HE IS CHARGED WITH

LIGHTING THE CAR ON FIRE AFTER

A DOMESTIC ARGUMENT AND A

NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY WITNESSED

THE FIGHT. HE SAID A WOMAN CAME

TO HIS DOOR ASKING FOR HELP

BECAUSE HER BOYFRIEND WAS

TRASHING HER HOUSE AND YELLING.

>> LIKE THREATENING HER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF

THREATS, BUT SOME ABOUT.

TESTING HIS LIMITS. YOU KNOW

HOW CRAZY WAS?

IT? THEN GRABBED THE FURY ON

THE DORT THE DOOR.

TORCHED THE ENTIRE CAR. IT

DOUBTED IT AND FEEL.

I GUESS, SCREAMING THINGS TO

HER AND WHAT NOT.

>> AND THE NEIGHBOR SAID THE

CAR JUST EXPLODED WITH FIRE

WITH HEAT THAT FELT LIKE IN A

VAN ON YOUR FACE. DEPUTIES ARE

STILL INVESTIGATING THIS