Hiram Carrero, accused of lighting a homeless man on a New York subway, is taken from the NYPD 9th Precinct in Manhattan Thursday. New York Daily News/Tribune News Service/Getty Images

A high school senior was charged with federal arson after allegedly setting fire to a sleeping subway passenger in New York early Monday morning.

Hiram Carrero, 18, is accused of arson resulting in injury after authorities said he lit a piece of paper and dropped it near a 56-year-old man aboard a northbound 3 train passing 34th Street–Penn Station, the Department of Justice said Friday.

The victim then stumbled onto the platform at 42nd Street–Times Square, where his legs and torso can be seen ignited, according to surveillance images attached in the release.

Police extinguished the flames, and the

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