BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with an incident in Taft, where resident Billy Terry, 44, was set on fire during a gathering on Jan. 22. Terry has suffered severe burns over 70% of his body.
According to the Taft Police Department, Magdaelna Junes was taken into custody just before noon on Feb. 3, 2026, on a Ramey Warrant. She was arrested without incident and booked into the Taft City Jail.
The incident happened in the 700 block of K Street, where Junes, a waitress at the Hungry Grizzly Sandwich Company, allegedly threw gasoline on Terry.
Terry has undergone multiple surgeries, including a second skin graft at the Grossman Burn Center at Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield.
Friends at the scene attempted to help by patting him down and calling 911…