Chicago area man sentenced for grocery attack

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WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he admitted he threw a Molotov cocktail inside a crowded grocery store in 2011.

Fabian Torres pleaded guilty but mentally ill to attempted aggravated arson and received the maximum sentence as part of a deal with prosecutors. He was sentenced Thursday in McHenry County.

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