PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former Pawtucket man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison and 23 years probation after pleading no contest to setting five fires in Central Falls and Providence, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin's office announced.
Franci Villorio, 22, whose last address was 27 Palm St, Pawtucket, pled no contest in April to charges he set five fires at three locations between February and June 2011. All the fires were at buildings where Villorio's ex-girlfriend, members of her family or new boyfriend lived.
Besides prison and probation, Superior Court Judge Susan McGuirl ordered that Villorio have no contact with his victims, get mental health counseling, perform 100 hours a year of community service for five years and pay restitution.