Connor C. Kirkpatrick, inset, was charged with criminal damage to property, aggravated reckless driving and reckless conduct in connection to a July 27, 2022, crash that sent his car into a Crystal Lake home, paralyzing the homeowner. Alex Vucha/Inset provided by McHenry County Sheriff's Office

A Lakewood man who said he was trying to kill himself when he started a fire in his father’s home was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for residential arson.

At the time of the 2023 fire, Connor Kirkpatrick was awaiting trial on charges he drove his vehicle into a Crystal Lake home about 10 months earlier, leaving the homeowner paralyzed.

A jury found Kirkpatrick, 30, guilty of residential arson in less than an hour in March.

Although Thursday’s hearing was for sentencing in the arson

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