MACON COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - A Maroa man will spend 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to setting a woman on fire last September.

Macon County court records show Matthew Broadhacker, 37, appeared in court Thursday morning and pleaded guilty to attempted murder — a Class X felony.

Charges of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated domestic battery against Broadhacker were dropped as part of the plea deal.

Broadhacker was arrested after a fire in the 400 block of Maple Street in Maroa in September 2024. A sworn statement of his arrest said that a 43-year-old woman was found with third degree burns on 50% of her body.

An Illinois State Police officer said first responders at the scene had smelled "a strong odor of gasoline" coming from Broadhacker, and he al

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