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Men sentenced for setting friend's crotch ablaze


Published: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 6:14 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 8:11 a.m.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Two practical jokers are behind bars for setting their passed-out drinking buddy's crotch ablaze while boozing in Grover Beach.

Matthew Craig Pillers and Jack Brent Nicholas Keiffer pleaded no contest to a felony great bodily injury charge.

Prosecutors say the 22-year-old Pillers, a parolee, was sentenced to two years in prison and the 19-year-old Keiffer got 45 days in San Luis Obispo County jail.

Elliot Tuleja was passed out when the men poured cologne on the man's groin and set him on fire on Jan. 18. Tuleja had second-degree burns on his testicles.


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