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Bond denied for woman accused of setting man on fire in Brownsville, cops say

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Monday, October 26, 2026 at 11:07 AM · 1 min read
Bond denied for woman accused of setting man on fire in Brownsville, cops say — NBC 6 South Florida, Key Biscayne Health news
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A woman accused of setting a man on fire in Brownsville appeared before a judge on Monday. Tanisha Shelton, 45, was charged with attempted murder and arson with great bodily harm. During her court appearance, a judge denied Shelton s bond. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff s Office, deputies arrived in the area of Northwest 63rd Street and 25th Avenue after receiving reports of a person who was set on fire. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found an unconscious man who was burned. The man, identified as 33-year-old Nathaniel Devon Mathis, was then taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital with at least 80% of his body burned. Mathis remains in critical condition. During their investigation, a witness gave deputies a description of a suspect, and they were able to find a woman who matched the description. Shelton was then found and arrested. An arrest report said that Shelton and Mathis were involved in a verbal altercation earlier in the day, where she t

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