Morgan Elijah Yarbrough, 25, of Powder Springs has been charged with aggravated assault intent to murder, aggravated battery and first-degree arson, all felonies.
The attack occurred just after 2 a.m. at the B.P. Station at 575 Barrett Parkway, near Interstate 75.
According to investigators, Yarbrough was arguing with his former girlfriend when he doused her with gasoline from one of the pumps and ignited it. The suspect then fled in a black 2007 Dodge Charger R/T bearing Georgia tag AXC 8713.
The woman, whose name was not released, is being treated for severe burns, police said.
Yarbrough turned himself in at the Cobb County Police Department at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
This is not the first such attack in Cobb County.
In 2008, Anjail Muhammad of Gadsden, Ala., was convicted in Cobb Superior Court and sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing her girlfriend in 2003 by dousing her with gasoline and lighting it at a Chevron gas station in Marietta. The victim in that case, Nodiana Antoine, spent about six weeks in the burn unit at Grady Memorial Hospital before she succumbed to her injuries.
Cobb Police can be reached at 911 or (770) 499-3945.












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I've also learned of an idea that we will no longer be able to call for an officer to respond to certain things such as an accidents that occur in parking lots, insignificant thefts, and a validation of vehicle identification codes for purchased vehicles that is required for registration. However, I conducted some research and found the DMV can validate those vehicle codes, so don't panic just take it to them and demand they do it because it isn't solely a police function from my understanding.
Policeman's Ball: What are you talking about? Notify you about what? Why? Who are you? Were you going to do something other than complain, like here, that the police aren't working hard enough to catch him? It's apparent you're stupid.
A question and thought to leave on: Why doesn't the Cobb County Sheriff's Office and the Cobb County Police Department merge into one organization? I don't know the answer, but would it be more cost effective in the long run?
Why weren't you notified? It's called FURLOUGHS!! Get used to it!! Services have to be cut like sending you a recording at 2 AM about something that does not involve you shopping or libraries. We wanted cuts to services so here they are!!