Connor Bralich
LOMIRA, Wis. - A Dodge County judge ordered a man to spend decades in a state-run mental health facility after he set fire to a Lomira duplex last year.
In court:
Court records show 23-year-old Connor Bralich was found guilty of arson, but not guilty due to mental disease/defect. On Wednesday, a judge ordered that he be committed to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for 25 years.
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Duplex set on fire
The backstory:
It happened on Jan. 23, 2025. Court records said Bralich lived in the upper unit of the duplex near 2nd and Main. He set the fire and then drove off. With the help of surveillance cameras, investigators caught up to him in West Bend. Prosecutors said, when detectives told him about the fire, he said: "I know, I did it."
As firefighters battled the flames, Dodge County dispatchers said multiple 911 calls reported a suspicious man who had been breaking into homes just before the fire started.
The landlord, whose family lived in the lower unit, was left without a home due to the damage.
The Source: Information in this report is from the Dodge County Sheriff's Office, Dodge County District Attorney's Office and Wisconsin Circuit Court.