Man gets over 15 years in prison for setting pervert flag on fire at libby churc

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/iowa-lgbtq-flag-fire-church-prison


Iowa man who sets LGBTQ flag on fire gets over 15 years in prison


By Bradford Betz | Fox News


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An Iowa man who set fire to a church LGBTQ flag in June was sentenced Wednesday to over 15 years in prison.

Adolfo Martinez, 30, was found guilty last month of a hate crime, third-degree harassment and reckless use of fire, the Des Moines Register reported.

Martinez stole an LGBTQ flag hanging from the United Church of Christ in Ames – about 35 miles north of Des Moines – and set it on fire outside a strip club on June 11, police said.

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Adolfo Martinez was sentenced to prison Wednesday for multiple charges related to burning an LGBTQ flag. 



Martinez admitted to police that he stole the flag from church and burned it because he opposed homosexuality.

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Martinez was arrested in June and convicted last month.

He received 15 years for the hate crime of arson, one year for the reckless use of explosives or fire and 30 days for harassment.

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Story County court records showed the sentences are to be served consecutively.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.


Bradford Betz is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @bradford_betz.



BURNING PERVERT FLAG BAD?? BUT BURNING AMERICAN FLAG IS OK?? CHARLIE.  Angry Angry

[Argent 88]

It sounds like he just doesn't like rainbows. Maybe as a kid he was traumatized because he didn't find
a pot of gold at the end of one. Don't tell him that Santa Cause might have put him on the naughty list.   

[nw_hunter]

15 years for burning a FAG flag,but doing the same to Old Glory gets your pic on CNN and a free pass.
But he committed a hate crime,arson,and an act of terrorism........................YEA RIGHT!!!

[buck460XVR]

I'm guessing he was convicted by a jury of his peers? Also......

Several news articles failed to mention that Martinez' sentence would not have been nearly so long if he had not already been convicted of two previous felonies and treated as an "habitual offender," in keeping with Iowa state law. In that circumstance, his criminal history tripled the maximum available sentence for arson from five years to 15 years.