The man responsible for setting fire to a Door County eatery last October is heading to a state mental health facility as a part of his plea agreement on Monday according to online court records.
Jonathan Polich has been in the Door County Jail since November after the Door County Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin State Fire Marshall’s office found evidence that he set Mr. G’s Supper Club near Jacksonport on fire while the owners were away. After being charged with two counts of arson of a building without the owner’s consent and one count of stalking, Polich pled not guilty in December by reason of insanity in December and was granted his mental health evaluation in January. Wausau-based clinical psychologist Dr. Steven Benson completed his report approximately a month later. During Monday’s status conference, Judge D. Todd Ehlers found Polich not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Polich was committed to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services as a part of the agreement.