Church Music Director Sentenced For Arson
(WIBW) – A former church music director will spend 12 and a half years in federal prison for setting fire to the Sunflower Missionary Baptist Church in Leavenworth, Kan. 46-year old Carva Lee White of Kansas City, MO was sentenced Wednesday to 150 months in prison. He also was ordered to pay $1,000 restitution to the church and $374,993 to Church
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Teenager to pay $10,000 for his role in torching church
A teenager involved in the arson of a historic Palmerston North church has been ordered to pay $10,000 in damages. Lachlan William Holdem, 19, was sentenced in Palmerston North District Court yesterday for his part in the fire that destroyed the 130-year-old All Saints Church on October 16, 2007. Judge
Police Arrest Suspect in Church Fire
EUGENE, Ore.–After four days of searching for a suspected arsonist, Eugene police have made an arrest. Police arrested 31-year-old Mathew Wayne Rossi. Police said Rossi was under the Eugene Faith Center rolling up newspapers and had several lighters with him. The Faith Center has been the target
Fire hits church for second time since Saturday
EUGENE, Ore. — Two small suspicious fires broke out early Monday morning at a church, the second time this weekend the church suffered what appear to be arson fires — and at least the fourth suspicious fire in as many days. The Eugene Faith Center hired private security to monitor the building
Suspicions raised by fire at New Kensington church
Robert Rowe was pained to see a Sunday newspaper photo of his former church engulfed in flames. Rowe had been a lifelong member of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in the 1300 block of Constitution Ave. in New Kensington. Fire destroyed the vacant building late Saturday. It was the last
Students, faculty react to church fires
Richland students and instructors responded with sadness and anger to the series of church fires in East Texas. Many sympathize with those who have lost their church and are surprised by the events. "I'm shocked and that's really sad," Sophia Quesada said. "Considering I'm
From Churchgoer to Charges as Church Burner
LINDALE, Tex. — Jason R. Bourque grew up in a house full of crosses. At his grandparent’s spacious home here, where he was raised, a small forest of crosses stands on a table by the front door, and one wall of the living room is filled with more than a dozen decorative crosses of wrought
Judge drops arson charges from church fire
HOLLIDAYSBURG – Arson charges against a Tyrone man accused of attempting to burn down a United Methodist church nearly five years ago have been dismissed by a Blair County judge because of a lack of a speedy trial. The case is unusual because the suspect, now 20 years old, was charged as a juvenile.
Arson suspects grew up together in Texas church
TYLER, Texas — Even as authorities closed in, one of the two suspects in a string of east Texas church fires attended a Sunday service and went to a Baptist ministry on his junior college campus for a free meal. Such activity wasn't unusual for 19-year-old Jason Robert Bourque, a former Eagle
Governor visits burned Tyler church
TYLER, TX (KLTV) – Governor Rick Perry was in East Texas this weekend, but it was not to campaign ahead of Tuesday's primary. Instead, the governor toured the damage from the East Texas church arsons. Governor Perry was visibly moved as he took his first look up close at what arsonists had
Suspected vandals light Murfreesboro church bus afire with burning Bible
Murfreesboro Police investigators want to find out who is responsible for using a Christian Bible to start a fire Thursday evening on a church bus belonging to Middle Tennessee Baptist Church. The bus caretaker for that church, which is located at 706 Richard Road, told officers he was at the rear of
Corrections department releases 1989 Albany church arsonist from supervision
ALBANY – Linn County’s most heavily-supervised felon today became a free man. Parole ended Wednesday for Bruce Erbs, who served a 13-year prison sentence and more than six years of probation for burning down St. Mary’s Catholic Church in 1989. Erbs, who turned 64 in December, declined
Arson Suspect’s Mom Says Her Son Didn’t Do It
The mother of one of the men accused of torching East Texas churches said her son has a relationship with God and she feels the 19-year-old has been falsely accused. Kimberly Bourque talked with the Tyler Morning Telegraph this morning to defend her son and to clear up an earlier report about her being
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Atheist books, guns found at home of suspect in East Texas church fires
TYLER – One of two East Texas church arson suspects kept books on demon possession and atheism as well as assault rifles and guns, and may have left graffiti offering inside information about one of the attacks in a local store bathroom, according to court records. Jason Bourque, 19, was under
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KLTV EXCLUSIVE: Church arson tipster torn about turning in suspects
EAST TEXAS (KLTV) – A major break in the church arson case came from a friend who turned Bourque and McAllister in to authorities. Her mother had been keeping us updated – naming those suspects nearly two weeks ago. She and her daughter want to remain anonymous but we want you to know she
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