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Thu Feb 15, 2024, 04:19 PM Feb 2024

Man charged with setting fires at predominantly Black church in Rhode Island

Source: Associated Press

Man charged with setting fires at predominantly Black church in Rhode Island

Updated 3:33 PM EST, February 15, 2024

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man was arrested Thursday and charged with using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church in North Providence early Sunday morning.

Kevin Colantonio, 34, of North Providence, was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying by means of fire or explosion a building or other real property, according to Zachary Cunha, U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island.

Colantonio set several fires around the exterior of the pentecostal Shiloh Gospel Temple early Feb. 11, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Providence, which said police and firefighters were sent to the church at 12:12 a.m. for reports of an individual trying to set fires.

The building was vacant at the time, and the fires were quickly extinguished by members of the North Providence Police and Fire departments, investigators said. The fires caused significant property damage, officials said.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/rhode-island-church-fires-arrest-black-4574ae64386432fb5f1b6c0c86cbd07a

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