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A Michigan man who referred to abortion as 'genocide' was charged with setting fire to a Planned Par
Business Insider via Yahoo NewsOn Sunday, investigators in Michigan responded to a report of a fire at a Planned Parenthood facility and quickly determined the blaze resulted from arson. On the roof, they discovered a Duraflame fire starter log that led them to a suspect: Joshua Brereton.
Prosecutors on Thursday charged Brereton with arson of an organization receiving federal funding — an offense with a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison — following an investigation that uncovered a YouTube video in which the 25-year-old Michigan man referred to abortion as "genocide."
In court papers, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives recounted a days-long investigation into a fire that prevented the Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo from opening the following day.
With the help of a Walmart employee, investigators established within a day of the blaze that Brereton had purchased a Duraflame starter log about an hour before the first reports of the fire at the Planned Parenthood facility, according to court documents. Brereton's receipt showed that he also purchased a lighter and citronella torch fuel, which investigators suspect he used to set fire to bushes outside the Planned Parenthood building, the ATF agent said.
After releasing surveillance camera footage to the public, investigators also received a tip identifying Brereton. Investigators then "began looking into Brereton," the ATF agent wrote in an affidavit supporting the arson charge.
Prosecutors on Thursday charged Brereton with arson of an organization receiving federal funding — an offense with a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison — following an investigation that uncovered a YouTube video in which the 25-year-old Michigan man referred to abortion as "genocide."
In court papers, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives recounted a days-long investigation into a fire that prevented the Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo from opening the following day.
With the help of a Walmart employee, investigators established within a day of the blaze that Brereton had purchased a Duraflame starter log about an hour before the first reports of the fire at the Planned Parenthood facility, according to court documents. Brereton's receipt showed that he also purchased a lighter and citronella torch fuel, which investigators suspect he used to set fire to bushes outside the Planned Parenthood building, the ATF agent said.
After releasing surveillance camera footage to the public, investigators also received a tip identifying Brereton. Investigators then "began looking into Brereton," the ATF agent wrote in an affidavit supporting the arson charge.
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