Man who threatened mosque pleads guilty to hate crime

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Man who threatened mosque pleads guilty to hate crime

Updated 3:08 pm, Friday, February 12, 2016

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man accused of threatening to firebomb a mosque last fall has pleaded guilty to a hate crime in federal court.

The Justice Department reported in a news release Friday that 43-year-old Martin Alan Schnitzler of Seminole pleaded guilty to obstructing persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs. He faces up to 20 years in prison, but sentencing guidelines will likely call for a significantly lighter punishment.

Schnitzler admitted in his plea that he left a voicemail for the Islamic Center of Pinellas County hours after the November attacks in Paris, threatening to firebomb the center and "shoot whoever is there." FBI investigators deemed the threats not credible.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Man-who-threatened-mosque-pleads-guilty-to-hate-6827018.php

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[johnfunk]

1. Gizmo seems like an appropriate place for this would-be terrorist

If DC wants to keep it open, let's put it to good use - and send all the wannabe and actual domestic terrorists, insurrectionist militia thugs, and religious bigots with guns there.