Houlton man indicted in connection with 2020 arson of predominantly Black Massachusetts church
Dushko Vulchev, 44, was indicted by a grand jury for setting fire to the Martin Luther King Jr. Presbyterian Church on Concord Terrace on Dec. 28, 2020.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Maine man who federal agents say harbored hatred toward Black people was charged Thursday morning by a federal grand jury in connection with a 2020 church burning.
Dushko Vulchev, 44, was previously charged in state court with a series of blazes at the Martin Luther King Jr. Presbyterian Church on Concord Terrace in late 2020, then later in federal court with hate crimes through a criminal complaint. The grand jury formerly charged him in a five-count criminal indictment on Thursday morning, according to court records.
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