A Madison County woman has been sentenced to the maximum penalty allowed by law after admitting to setting her boyfriend on fire earlier this year.

District Attorney John “Bubba” Bramlett announced Wednesday that 51-year-old Kalena Stubbs pleaded guilty in Madison County Circuit Court to one count of aggravated assault. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The case began Jan. 16 when deputies with the Madison County Sheriff’s Department responded to a home where a man was found with severe burns across his torso, upper arms, and face. Depuries immediately noticed his clothing was not burned, raising concerns about how the injuries occurred.

Stubbs told investigators her husband had fallen into the fireplace while holding a bottle of lighter fluid. However, deputies noted a bottle of

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