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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.

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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.


Comments

  1. lawbreaker says...
    July 21, 2008 7:26:27 am

    RE: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080721/NEWS/890868954

    Goodness,gracious, GREAT BALLS OF FIRE !!!

  2. surefirel2 says...
    July 21, 2008 8:14:35 am

    With friends like that, who needs enemies?

  3. joeyz1 says...
    July 21, 2008 8:43:45 am

    Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

  4. lovesthelaw says...
    July 21, 2008 9:08:47 am

    Well, here it is: our comedy-relief article of the week!

  5. SRPresDemoRdr says...
    July 21, 2008 9:55:09 am

    This is taking the 'wienie roast at the beach' holiday plan just a little too far.

  6. scaldinpv says...
    July 21, 2008 10:03:51 am

    Maybe the guy had crabs, was there a ice pick found anywhere?

  7. dtmadigan says...
    July 21, 2008 11:08:18 am

    <sniff sniff> do i smell something burning? smells like someone is bbq'ing chicken!

  8. surefirel2 says...
    July 21, 2008 1:57:45 pm

    I bet this sure helped get him sober!!!

  9. btrflykizzs says...
    July 21, 2008 2:33:15 pm

    I'm not a guy but I can just imagine how he suffered. A joke is a joke, but this is vicious.

  10. defshiznit says...
    July 21, 2008 2:54:02 pm

    Gives a whole new meaning to the term "fire crotch."

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