A Niles man who set some items on fire at his girlfriend’s home has been sentenced to one year of probation.

28-year-old Lucas Prentice of pleaded guilty to arson over $200 but less than $1,000 for the incident that happened in May at a home on Leet Road in Howard Township.

Prentice apologized and admitted that alcohol is not his friend.

Leader Publications reports he told the judge he hasn’t had a drop since that evening.

The judge told Prentice that yelling, pounding an setting items on fire are not the ways to woman’s heart.

He said Prentice was lucky the fire didn’t lead to major damage, injury or death.