Authorities charged a 35-year-old black St. Louis man with arson for two of the seven church fires in a predominantly African-American part of the St. Louis region, and federal investigators said there is no evidence of a hate crime. David …
An arsonist set fire to the rectory doors of a 172-year-old Catholic church early on Oct. 22, marking the seventh attempt to burn a place of worship in the St. Louis area in two weeks, police said. Authorities said an …
St. Louis, Mo., police are stepping up patrols and trying to develop profiles of possible suspects in a spate of fires that have damaged six churches in largely black neighborhoods during the past two weeks, the city’s police chief said. …
