The man responsible for the fire at Butch’s Bar in Sturgeon Bay that resulted in the deaths of two people was sentenced Friday to 15 years of prison. Anthony Gonzalez, 60, was convicted of two counts of reckless homicide during his seven-day trial in January.
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Victor Jurss and Gary Heise were killed in the fire that Gonzalez inadvertently started in his apartment room above the bar when he ignited butane lighter fluid that he spilled on his bed. In the criminal complaint, he said, “It was too hot for me to stay in the room. I started pounding on the doors to get people out”.
Judge D. Todd Ehlers also ordered Gonzalez to undergo 15 years of extended supervision and pay $5,607.38 in restitution.
