Local Man Pours Gasoline On Wife

An unemployed Dalton Gardens man was arrested and charged with attempted murder Sunday, after he allegedly doused his wife of two years with gasoline and tried to ignite her with a lighter she had given him. Daniel Joe Zehm, 52, of 6103 15th St., was taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies following an altercation that began Saturday night and culminated with the alleged try to incinerate Sondra  Zehm, 58. According to sheriff’s reports, the argument began when Daniel Zehm told his wife how attractive a CNA at his mother’s assisted living place is. At one point during the domestic fight, Daniel Zehm penned his wife down on their bed and allegedly threatened to kill her, her dog, and her whole family. Zehm allegedly drenched his wife with a bucket of gasoline while she had her back to him, making coffee the following morning. Sondra told deputies that her husband was flicking the red lighter she’d given him to light a fire in his shop as he moved toward her.