2 arrested for robbing home of burn victim as he fights for life in hospital, police say

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Two people accused of robbing the home of a burn victim who is fighting for his life at Massachusetts General Hospital have been arrested, Marlborough police said. Sarah Hampton, 31, of Sudbury, and Joseph Migliaccio, 35, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, were each charged with two counts of breaking and entering and two counts of larceny on a disabled person over the age of 65.Police said surveillance cameras showed thieves twice breaking into the Marlborough home of Gene Rano, 68, and stealing televisions. The suspects were identified as Hampton and Migliaccio, police said. Rano, who has mobility issues, was severely burned on April 2 while he was burning branches in his backyard. He is in a medically-induced coma."This is just something so over the top, to have to deal with (this) on top of everything else," said Rano's son, Nicholas. "To prey on someone that's elderly and in a hospital, literally on their deathbed, it just raises the bar for the level of disgusting and inhumane people who are like this."Police believe they have recovered all of the items that were stolen from Rano's home. Doctors had to amputate Rano's legs. "There was nothing they could do about the legs," Nicholas Rano said. "They were so severely burned with third-degree burns, that in itself would kill him, so they had to be removed.""He's still not talking," he added. "He's breathing on his own. He's still living, and that's enough for me."Rano, a Vietnam War veteran, only installed the surveillance cameras after he was robbed two years ago.Nicholas Rano believes that his father may have crossed paths with Hampton sometime in the past.