Weird crime edition

The guy who expressed his apparent displeasure with his wife by giving her a spritz of gasoline and sparking her off has been sentenced to 30 years and a day in prison, which will mean he'll have to serve at least 25 1/2 years before being eligible for parole.
The woman, who suffered horrible burns yet begged the court to allow Kristopher Lee "Bo" Jones to stay out of jail because she wanted to be with him, will apparently not get the chance to enjoy the sizzling relationship he proved so capable of providing.

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And this guy...


...besides being every woman's dream date, is the reason Mad Mothers exists and is the type of habitual drunk driver that deserves to be locked up until he's too old to drive.

Bruce L. Fish, who spent nearly five years in prison for the 1998 drunk-driving deaths of a Sherrard woman and her grandson, was arrested Saturday in Mercer County and charged with aggravated drunk driving.

Mr. Fish, 48, of 2980 155th Ave., Sherrard, had his first appearance Monday. The public and media were not allowed in the hearing.

Mr. Fish faces three counts of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of driving while his driver's license is revoked. He is eligible for up to three years in prison for two of the aggravated DUI charges and up to 10 years for the third aggravated DUI charge because of his past criminal history.

Mr. Fish spent four years and 11 months in prison for the Oct. 8, 1998, traffic deaths of Shirley Matkovic, 62, of Matherville, and her grandson Cole, 6. He was released from parole earlier this year.

Mr. Fish had a blood alcohol of .235 -- nearly three times Illinois' legal limit of .08 -- when he rear-ended Mrs. Matkovic's vehicle near a construction zone on U.S. 67 north of Viola.

In Saturday's incident, Mr. Fish was driving "erractically" on 147th Avenue in Cable shortly after 9 p.m., with two children -- ages 7 and 10 -- and open alcohol in the car, Mercer County State's Attorney Greg McHugh said.

But this is only the latest of Mr. Fish's encounters with the law. You'd almost think the guy was an alcoholic.

First, Fish was only relased from parole for killing the elderly woman and her grandchild less than a month ago. And when he killed them, he'd already had two prior DUI convictions.

After he got out of prison that time, he was arrested for fighting with an off duty police officer at The Mark in a humorous incident where Fish was scuffling with the cop, who was in street clothes, and another man mistook Fish for a woman and stepped in and decked the cop. Fish was aquitted of the charge of aggrevated felony assault and so it did not violate his parole.

Fish has also agreed to sell two lots near Shale City to pay off the victim's family. He must have next to nothing to live on, has spent years in prison, and only recently completed parole. What do you do then? Go to Disneyland? No, not this guy. He goes out and gets plastered, finds a car and goes out driving. But that apparently wasn't stupid, reckless, and dangerous enough, so just for good measure, he has a couple young kids and open alcohol in the car as well.
I think Mr. Fish must have a subconcious desire to spend the rest of his life in prison. I hope he gets his wish.

Dispatch/Argus story here, with links to previous related stories.