Burly Bruce Carter

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Burly Bruce Carter is a big man who is in an unhealthy romance with a life-sized doll named Sheila whom he believes to be alive.

Romance

While in the same jail cell as Ned, he explains that he "met" Sheila in an ad for a "car-pool doll"; to qualify for car-pooling, there must be two or more people in the car. He claims that he loved Sheila so much that he "took the blame" for her.

Murder

He had set up a double date with Tony DiNapoli, but when Tony got to the date before his girlfriend, Tina Arongino, and saw that Bruce's date was a literal doll, he questioned Bruce about it. Bruce was enraged, and used Sheila's hands to strangle Tony, and later framed Tina for the crime.

Prison

When he was arrested, he was placed in the cell Tina had been occupying, and resides there for a while, and Sheila is taken as evidence. Later, when Ned is arrested for "murdering" Billy Balsam, the co-owner of the candy store, Bittersweets, Bruce is transferred to Ned's cell.