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Investigators say Stephen Spencer Pittman admitted to starting a fire at Mississippi's largest synagogue. Newly obtained video shows a man dousing Jackson's Beth Israel Congregation with liquid from a gas container.
Three days after someone set fire to their synagogue, the congregation of Beth Israel is doing something the attacker didn’t expect — they’re moving forward together.
The congregation at Beth Israel must rebuild after an arsonist’s fire damaged large portions of the largest Jewish synagogue in Mississippi.
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Suspect arrested for Beth Israel Congregation fire
A suspect has been arrested in connection to the fire at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson. Division Fire Chief Charles Felton said the Jackson Fire Department (JFD) Arson Division, who partnered with the FBI and the ATF,
WLBT was recently given a tour of the damage inside the Beth Israel Congregation building, days after a Madison man set fire there. Shown are scenes of the devastation.
A suspect was arrested after a fire at Jackson’s only Jewish synagogue as Mayor John Horhn condemned the blaze as an “attack on Jackson.”
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Stephen Spencer Pittman’s confession texts to father revealed after Beth Israel synagogue fire
FBI charged 19-year-old Stephen Pittman in Jackson synagogue arson after he texted his father during the act, confessed, and his dad alerted authorities.
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Beth Israel Congregation President Zach Shemper has released a statement following the Saturday fire at Beth Israel.
A suspect has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire that tore through Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, early Saturday morning, authorities said,