Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} An Arizona man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the death of a D.C. strip club manager and bouncer.
41-year-old Vasile Graure was convicted Friday of felony murder while armed with aggravating circumstances and second-degree murder while armed. He faces a minimum sentence of 30 years in jail.
Back in November 2007, Graure set Vladimir Djordjevich, a bounder and manager at the Good Guys strip club in Georgetown, on fire.
Graure was already in prison for the attack. He was found guilty of arson and assault in 2008, and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
On the night of the attack, Graure was kicked out of the club for taking a picture of one of the dancers.
He returned shortly thereafter with gasoline and a lighter and attempted to set the club on fire. When Djordjevic tried to stop the blaze, Graure doused the 28-year-old with gasoline and set him ablaze.
Djordjevic suffered second and third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body. He testified against Graure from his hospital bed in the 2008 trial. Graure was brought up on homicide charges after Djordjevic's death in May 2010.
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Graure will be sentenced on March 23.
