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Man Indicted For Hate Crime Offenses Relating To Arson Of Church In Springfield Man Indicted For Hate Crime Offenses Relating To Arson Of Church In Springfield
Man Indicted For Hate Crime Offenses Relating To Arson Of Church In Springfield 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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by Zak Failla
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Who Is Vulchev? Suspected Church Arsonist Did Time For Assault, Threatening The EU Who Is Vulchev? Suspected Church Arsonist Did Time For Assault, Threatening The EU
Who Is Vulchev? Suspected Church Arsonist Did Time For Assault, Threatening The EU A Maine man who is being charged for setting a city church on fire has spent time in prison for domestic violence assault and making threats against European Union economists.  On Friday, Jan. 1, Dushko (or "Dusko") Vulchev, of Houlton, Maine, was arrested in connection with an intentionally set fire at the Martin Luther King Presbyterian Church on Concord Terrace in Springfield, according to the Massachusetts Fire Mashal. He is being charged with three counts of attempted arson as well as malicious damage, police said. This is not Vulchev's first run-in with the law, according to loca…

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by Kristin Palpini