Iowa man sentenced to 15 years after burning church's LGBTQ flag - NBCOUT
NEVADA, Iowa — A man has been imprisoned for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa.Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate crime of arson and given a year for reckless use of explosives or fire and 30 days for harassment. The sentences are to be served consecutively, Story County court records said.
A jury convicted Martinez in November. He’d been arrested in June. At the time of his November conviction,that the"habitual offender" charge filed against Martinez called for a lengthier penalty. Hate crime charges also carry enhanced penalties. He’s said he tore down the flag that had been hanging from the United Church of Christ in Ames and burned it because he opposes homosexuality.
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