Pritchard因纵火焚烧密苏里LDS教堂被判处九年徒刑,并被命令支付7M美元。 Pritchard sentenced to nine years for setting fire to Missouri LDS church, ordered to pay $7M.

49岁的Christopher Scott Pritchard被判处9年以上徒刑,并被命令支付近700万美元,原因是2021年在密苏里州Girardeau角放火焚烧一座后天圣徒教堂。 Christopher Scott Pritchard, 49, was sentenced to over nine years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $7 million for setting fire to a Latter-day Saints church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 2021. Pritchard承认在承认起火并事先威胁教堂后,对纵火和违反《教会纵火预防法》的行为认罪。 Pritchard pleaded guilty to arson and violating the Church Arson Prevention Act after admitting to starting the fire and making prior threats against the church. 未报告有人受伤,但该建筑被毁。 No injuries were reported, but the building was destroyed.