According to a probable cause affidavit filed by the Ogden Police Department, an officer was sent out to a home in the 2900 block of Lincoln Avenue around 1:53 a.m. Friday morning on reports that a woman had been assaulted and suffered burns. The document states that emergency dispatchers received a call about the incident and, in the background, a person reportedly could be heard “yelling that someone had thrown gasoline on her and had set her on fire.”

The alleged perpetrator was identified to the officer as Gregory Youngblood.

Upon the officer’s arrival at the residence, a woman was standing in the street who the officer noted had “several severe burns to her face, chest, shoulder, and arm,” according to the police report.

“The victim’s hair was also observed to have been singed as it had shriveled on the side of her head,” the report continued, speculating that the injuries “would likely result in serious permanent disfigurement.”

The officer was told that the woman was inside the home with a friend, who reportedly had agreed to give the woman and Youngblood a ride. The woman reported being upset about Youngblood coming along because they had been arguing over the past few days.

As the woman and her friend spoke, Youngblood allegedly came into the room, tossed gas on her and lit her on fire. The affidavit states that a witness corroborated the alleged attack and also reported Youngblood threw the woman to the flood and strangled her with both hands before leaving the scene.

According to the police report, officers searched for Youngblood in the vicinity but could not locate him, so they obtained a warrant to obtain location data from his cellphone carrier. At around 10 p.m. Friday, it was reported that Youngblood had been detained by the Weber Morgan Narcotics Strike Force after phone records placed him in Riverdale.

As of Sunday afternoon, formal charges had not been brought against Youngblood, but he was arrested on suspicion of aggravated arson, a first-degree felony; and aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony; as well as use or possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor, because a glass pipe “of the type commonly used to smoke methamphetamine” reportedly was found in his possession at the time of his apprehension, the affidavit states.

Youngblood was ordered to be held in the Weber County Jail without bail.