A Florida man pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge that stemmed from threats he made to firebomb two mosques in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.
Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, called both the Islamic Society of St. Petersburg and the Islamic Society of Pinellas County in Florida and left threatening voicemails messages on Nov. 13, the day radical jihadists carried out a coordinated attack that killed 130 people in the French capital. In the expletive-laden messages, Schnitzler threatened violence against congregants and claimed to have a militia supporting him.
A Florida man pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge that stemmed from threats he made to firebomb two mosques in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.
Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, called both the Islamic Society of St. Petersburg and the Islamic Society of Pinellas County in Florida and left threatening voicemails messages on Nov. 13, the day radical jihadists carried out a coordinated attack that killed 130 people in the French capital. In the expletive-laden messages, Schnitzler threatened violence against congregants and claimed to have a militia supporting him.
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