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PA Man Who Knocked Down Christopher Columbus Statue Heading To Prison For Years PA Man Who Knocked Down Christopher Columbus Statue Heading To Prison For Years
PA Man Who Knocked Down Christopher Columbus Statue Heading To Prison For Years A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to prison for toppling the Christopher Columbus statue with a brick in June 2021, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Francisco Rodriguez Jr., 34, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to three separate counts of institutional vandalism, one felony and two misdemeanors, and two counts of possessing an instrument of crime, both misdemeanors, according to a release by the district attorney's office. Rodriguez Jr. knocked down the statue and broke the front glass doors at the Lancaster County Courthouse and Lancaster Adult Probation…

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