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Robert McWilliams, 45, whose last known address is listed in New Bedford, was arrested in Fairhaven on charges of assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, intimidation, and assault with intent to kill, police said.
Fairhaven officers found a woman with burns to her upper body in the Long Road area on Monday, March 20, just after 8 p.m. She told them a man she knew attacked her and threw her into a campfire.
She tried to get up, but he held her in the flames. The woman was able to escape and run for help.
Responders took her to a hospital for treatment, but her condition is unknown, Fairhaven police said.
Police identified McWilliams as a suspect in the attack, and officers tracked him down with a drone to a wooded area nearby, Fairhaven authorities said.
They arrested him without incident.
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