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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Members of the Macedonia Church of God in …
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) -- Three white men accused of burning…
Men indicted in Macedonia church fire
Three men formally indicted
Updated: Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009, 4:31 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 27 Jan 2009, 7:47 PM EST
(WWLP) - Three Massachusetts men have been formally indicted in the
torching of a predominantly black church hours after the election
of President Barack Obama.
The three were arrested Jan. 16 on a charge of conspiracy to
violate the rights of the congregation of the Macedonia Church of
God in Christ, whose almost-finished new building was nearly
destroyed.
A federal grand jury handed up an indictment on the charge on
Tuesday against 22-year-old Benjamin Haskell, 24-year-old Michael
Jacques and 21-year-old Thomas Gleason of Springfield.
The men were freed on $100,000 bail under house arrest on
Monday. They are scheduled for arraignment on Thursday on the
charge, which carries a possible 10-year maximum sentence.
The indictment alleges the men talked about their racial
motives before setting the fire early on Nov. 5.
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