UPDATE:
"A November trial date has been set for three college students charged with the string of Alabama church fires.
20-year-old Matthew Cloyd, 20-year-old Ben Moseley, and 19-year-old Russell DeBusk are charged with setting nine church fires in central and west Alabama back in February.
Their trial in US District Court is scheduled to begin November 13th."- source
Photo: AP
Suspects Arrested!
3-8-06
*Student at Birmingham-Southern College
* Age 19
Russell Debusk
*Student at Birmingham-Southern College
*Age 19
Matthew Lee Cloyd
*Student at the University of Alabama
*Age 20
- 3 arrested in Alabama church fires - Mar 8, 2006
- Investigators arrested a third Birmingham college student Wednesday in connection with 10 church fires in Alabama last month, federal law enforcement sources told CNN Wednesday.
- Two Men Arrested in String of Alabama Church Fires
- FOXNews.com - Two Men Arrested in String of Alabama Church Fires. Police arrested two men Wednesday in connection with a string of rural churchs fires which plagued Alabama in early February.
- Photos of men arrested
- I found a few photos of the guys arrested for the Alabama church fires. Ben Moseley and Russell Debusk attend ...
Season of Evil
Why?
Still looking for answers...
- Police: Alcohol use key factor in Alabama church arsons
- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Three bright college students from privileged backgrounds, charged in a string of rural church arsons that gripped Alabama, may have been fueled by alcohol when they first headed out, authorities said Thursday.
Maps, Photos and Video
- VIDEO: Alabama Churches Unite After the Arsons
- 2/28/2006 - The 700 Club aired a very good piece on what's been going on with the recovery of the Alabama Church fires.
Video available at persecutionblog.com - Photo Gallery
- CNN.com provides a gallery for the Alabama Church Arson Attacks.
- Interactive Map
- CNN.com offers this map of the church fires in Alabama
Google News Search
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byChurches burned on Feb 3
- Rehobeth Baptist Church in Randolph
*115 Member Church
*Predominantly white congregation
*Destroyed - Ashby Baptist Church in Brierfield
*135 Member Church
*Predominantly white congregation
*Destroyed - Old Union Baptist Church in Brierfield
*34 Member Church
*Predominantly white congregation
*Damaged - Pleasant Sabine southeast of Centerville
*Predominantly black congregation
*Destroyed - Antioch Baptist Church in Antioch
*100 Member Church
*Predominantly white congregation
*Damaged
Churches burned on Feb 7
- Dancy First Baptist Church near Aliceville
*Predominantly black congregation
*Damaged - Spring Valley Baptist Church near Emelle
*Predominantly black congregation
*Damaged - Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Boligee
*Predominantly black congregation
*Destroyed - Galilee Baptist in Panola
*45 Member Church
*Predominantly black congregation
*Destroyed
Handpicked News
- 2/28/06 - Investigators find missing vehicle linked to Alabama church fires
- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) -- As they continue to evaluate evidence in a recent string of 10 church fires in rural Alabama, federal investigators have come one step closer to solving the case: They found the getaway car.
- 2/17/06 - The Next Piece of the Fire Puzzle? Ex-Fire Marshal on Accelerants.
- Interesting:
"We plotted out every church arson in Alabama since 1996 and we discovered a potential pattern. The vast majority are near a jagged triangle that Interstates 20/59, 65 and Highway 80 form.
All but eight of the 34 fires are within just a few miles of these roads." - 2/8/06 - All 9 church fires appear linked
- CNN.com - Feb 9, 2006
Gov. Bob Riley said Wednesday that the nine church fires in rural Alabama during the past week appear linked, as investigators checked out witness reports of two men in a sport-utility vehicle near a number of the fires.
Church burned on Feb 11
- Beaverton Free Will Baptist Church in Lamar County
*Predominantly white congregation
*Heavily Damaged
Relevant Links
- ATF Online - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- Investigating the Alabama Church Fires.
- Alabama Department of Insurance
- More info about the fires.
- National Coalition for Burned Churches
- "As we enter into the 21st Century, churches continue to burn on average at a rate of 15-20 per month."
- Title 18, U.S.C., Section 247 -Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996
- Prohibits (1) intentional defacement, damage, or destruction of any religious real property, because of the religious, racial, or ethnic characteristics of that property, or (2) intentional obstruction by force or threat of force, or attempts to obstruct any person in the enjoyment of that person's free exercise of religious beliefs. If the intent of the crime is motivated for reasons of religious animosity, it must be proven that the religious real property has a sufficient connection with interstate or foreign commerce. However, if the intent of the crime is racially motivated, there is no requirement to satisfy the interstate or foreign commerce clause.
- ATF Threat Assessment Guide for Houses of Worship
- ATF Tips to Protect Against Church Arson
- Birmingham-Southern College responds to arrest of students in Alabama church fire cases
- Two of the men arrested attended Birmingham-Southern College.
Church Sign
Church sign in South Carolina
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| Margaret_Schaut
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boredofeducation
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I drove by this church sign on Wednesday the 8th of February...
