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Mosque arsonist Randolph Linn sentenced to 20 years

David Yonke / Toledo Faith & Values | Apr 17, 2013

TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) An Indiana truck driver was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.4 million for setting fire to a Toledo-area mosque, a crime that the judge likened to Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings as “assaults on the American spirit.”

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Judge rejects bid to withdraw guilty plea in mosque arson

David Yonke | Mar 22, 2013

TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) A federal judge said an Indiana man was fully competent when he pleaded guilty to federal arson charges related to a Sept. 30 fire at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo.

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Indiana man seeks to withdraw guilty plea in Ohio mosque arson

David Yonke | Jan 23, 2013

TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) Randolph Linn, the Indiana truck driver who pleaded guilty last month to federal arson and related crimes committed at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, has asked to withdraw his plea.

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Truck driver pleads guilty to setting Ohio mosque on fire

David Yonke | Dec 21, 2012

TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) An Indiana man who said he gets all his information about Islam from talk radio and Fox News has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a mosque in September, but local Muslims voiced concern there may be more people like him out there. By David Yonke.

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