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A Maine man charged with setting fire to a Massachusetts church with a predominantly Black congregation was driven by racial animus, according to court.
Dushko Vulchev, 45, of Houlton, Maine, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday on four counts of damaging religious property “because of the race, color, and ethnic characteristics" of those associated with the church, and one count of using fire to commit a federal felony.
Investigators who examined his electronic devices found "numerous examples of communications that demonstrated racial animus towards Black people," court documents say.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) A Maine man charged with setting fire to a Massachusetts church with a predominantly Black congregation was driven by racial animus, according to court documents. Dushko Vulchev, 45, of Houlton, Maine, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday on four counts of damaging religious property “because of the race, color, and ethnic characteristics" of those associated with the church, and one count of using fire to commit a federal felony.