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Officers responded to the scene around 2:30 a.m. after neighbors called in a loud explosion. Thankfully, no one was harmed in the explosion. The van was used as a decoy to deter unwarranted attacks as retaliation in the wake of the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting.

Patrick Antoine, 39, faces first-degree murder and arson charges. His bond was set at $1 million.

The seventh fire in 10 days to break out at a southern Black church may have been caused by lightning, the FBI announced Wednesday. Officials from…

A federal law enforcement says the fire was not arson, yet there are concerns that the church was racially targeted.

Who is burning black churches? Twitter outrage grows as seventh church burns down in 10 days http://t.co/8urzBHmOLy — Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) July 1, 2015 Mt.…

Via: Foxbaltimore.com A Cecil County grand jury returned an indictment this month charging 23-year-old Jacob Constein with arson and malicious burning. Constein is being held on $150,000 bond after his arrest on Monday. The two-story stucco house in North East was burned on Dec. 23, causing an estimated $70,000 in damage. No one was injured. […]