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Man Indicted For Hate Crime Offenses Relating To Arson Of Church In Region Man Indicted For Hate Crime Offenses Relating To Arson Of Church In Region
Man Indicted For Hate Crime Offenses Relating To Arson Of Church In Region A New England man has been indicted for hate crimes in connection to a fire that destroyed a predominantly Black church in Western Massachusetts. Dushko Vulchev, age 45, of Houlton, Maine, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday, Feb. 10 on four counts of damage to religious property involving fire and one count of use of fire to commit a federal felony for a fire in Springfield at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Presbyterian Church in Hampden County. He was previously charged on a criminal complaint in April 2021. According to court documents, early on Dec. 28, 2020, police…

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