Authorities have identified Stephen Spencer Pittman as the man accused of setting fire to a historic synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi. 19-year-old Pittman from Madison, Mississippi, was charged on Monday with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive. The fire broke out shortly after 3 am on Saturday at the Beth Israel Congregation, the largest and only synagogue in Mississippi’s capital. No congregants or firefighters were injured, but the blaze heavily damaged the building’s library and administrative offices, and several scrolls were destroyed or damaged. According to an FBI affidavit filed in US District Court...
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