Authorities: Man held on device charge set Texas mosque fire
Source: Associated Press
Michael Graczyk, Associated Press Updated 8:20 pm, Thursday, March 9, 2017
HOUSTON (AP) A 25-year-old man arrested for possessing a destructive device is responsible for a January fire that destroyed a South Texas mosque but he hasn't been charged with the blaze, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Marq Vincent Perez, of Victoria, appeared before a federal judge Thursday in Corpus Christi where prosecutors presented evidence tying him to the Jan. 28 blaze at the Victoria Islamic Center, about 125 miles southwest of Houston, Justice Department spokeswoman Angela Dodge said.
She said he was arrested March 3 for possessing "multiple commercially available pyrotechnic devices that were taped together" and used on Jan. 15 when he tried to set a car on fire.
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"However, at the detention hearing today, we presented evidence that he was involved in that incident," Dodge said. "According to the information presented in court, he allegedly burglarized the mosque on Jan. 22 and then again on Jan. 28, at which time he also set it on fire."
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A yearbook photo of Marq Vincent Perez.
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