Man arrested in NYC Islamic center firebomb attacks
NEW YORK - Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, of Queens, was charged Tuesday night with five counts of criminal possession of a weapon, one count of arson as a hate crime and four counts of arson, police said...
From NBC New York: A suspect has been arrested in the firebomb attacks over the weekend, including one at a prominent Islamic cultural center, police said.
Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, of Queens, was charged Tuesday night with five counts of criminal possession of a weapon, one count of arson as a hate crime and four counts of arson, police said.
He was being held by police and couldn’t be reached for comment. There was no information on whether he had a lawyer.
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NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Lengend made statements earlier Tuesday implicating himself in the attacks and had personal grievances with each targeted location.
Crude Molotov cocktails were tossed into a convenience store, two homes in Queens, one in nearby Nassau County, and an Islamic center.
One of his grievances included wanting to use the bathroom at the Islamic center school, but being blocked from doing so, sources told NBC New York.
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