{"id":48309,"date":"2021-10-20T18:17:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T01:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=48309"},"modified":"2021-10-20T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T02:46:10","slug":"feds-man-admits-to-setting-fire-to-four-churches-before-of-their-religious-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=48309","title":{"rendered":"Feds: Man Admits to Setting Fire to Four Churches Because of Their &#8220;Religious Character&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>TENNESSEE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Alan Douglas Fox, 28, plead guilty to civil rights violations in setting fire to four churches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wnf27f85zkw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48312 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wnf27f85zkw-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"fire in the dark during night time\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wnf27f85zkw-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wnf27f85zkw-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wnf27f85zkw-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wnf27f85zkw.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Fox, of Nashville, plead guilty to all counts of information charging him with setting fire to the following churches:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> Crievewood United Methodist Church on June 17, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Crievewood Baptist Church on June 25, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Saint Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church on June 25, 2019\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Priest Lake Community Baptist Church on June 26, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He also was convicted to carrying and using a firearm during the arson of the Crievewood Baptist Church. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During the plea hearing, Fox admitted to intentionally setting the fires because of the religious character of the four churches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe defendant, in this case, set fire to four Christian churches, causing fear and anguish to church members an<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">d their denominations. The freedom to practice the religion we choose, without discrimination or danger, is a fundamental civil right in our nation and a hallmark of our democracy,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cThe Justice Department will continue to prosecute, to the fullest extent of the law, those who target and harm houses of worship because of bigotry and prejudice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">U.S. District Judge Eli J. Richardson scheduled sentencing for Feb. 11.\u00a0 Fox faces up to 20 years in prison for each fire and a consecutive five-year sen<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">tence for the firearms violation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TENNESSEE Alan Douglas Fox, 28, plead guilty to civil rights violations in setting fire to four churches. 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