Convicted sex offender sets himself on fire

Oklahoma - A convicted sex offender burned to death when he set himself on fire as authorities served a warrant at his rural Tulsa County home. Tulsa County sheriff’s deputies and state Pardon and Parole Board officers were sent to a house to contact Johnnie Joe Hobbs, 47. After finding the house empty, the squad peered into a cargo van that sat in the cluttered yard about 3 p.m. Hobbs, who was in the van, reached out and slammed the door shut. He then doused the van with gasoline and ignited it. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene....More