Couple Facing Foreclosure Dodges Prison Time, Walk Away With Four Years Probation After Torching Home For Insurance Cash

In South Beloit, Illinois, WREX-TV Channel 13 reports:

• A husband and wife in South Beloit admit to starting their own house on fire and are sentenced for it. Dean and Jaclyn Jacobson each got four years probation for burning down their house in the 800 block of Winfield Drive. In 2007, they torched their house for the insurance money. They had a foreclosure, a tight budget and three kids. Both of them pleaded guilty to arson.

Source: South Beloit couple sentenced for burning their house down.