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Suspected arsonist in jail, faces federal hate crime charges
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A fire in the prayer room of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo was an act of terrorism, officials said Friday during a news conference in which they announced federal hate crime charges against the suspect.
“We consider it disturbing because ... what we consider and what we're charging is essentially an act of terrorism,” Wood County Prosecutor Paul Dobson said. “The fact of the matter is … we're not going to stand for that.”
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Randy Linn
Randy Linn
Local charges against Randy Linn, 52, of St. Joe, Ind., were dropped Friday in favor of federal charges, one count each of damage to religious property and use of fire or explosive in connection with commission of a federal felony offense.
Mr. Linn was held later Friday in the Wood County jail in lieu of $400,000 bond.
If convicted of the first count, Mr. Linn faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison; the second charge has a mandatory minimum of 10 years, which must be served consecutively.
According to a criminal affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Toledo, a woman who saw surveillance images published by local media recognized the man and identified him as Mr. Linn.
She told officials that the suspect, who she described as an ex-Marine, “recently complained about the international Muslim community's reaction to the recent anti-Muslim video published on YouTube, recent attacks on United States embassies, and the deaths of U.S. military personnel in the Middle East.”
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