Federal agents arrested a western Massachusetts man and accused of him trying to blow up a Jewish assisted living facility — but he instead left his DNA on the failed explosive, authorities alleged Wednesday.
John Michael Rathbun, 36, of East Longmeadow was charged with two counts of attempted arson after local police found a 5-gallon plastic gas container with burned paper placed in the nozzle of the canister outside the assisted living home on April 2, according to a criminal complaint.
The burned paper was a Christian religious pamphlet, and blood was on the side of the gas canister and the paper, the FBI said.
The blood is alleged to have matched Rathbun’s DNA, which had been stored in a federal database because of his 2011 arrests on charges of breaking and entering and receiving stolen property.
Read the rest here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/massachusetts-man-charged-allegedly-trying-blow-jewish-nursing-home-n1184876
I would imagine he had a good reason.
Alleged to match…… haha
Rathbun, eh? Hmmmmm….Jewish? Who else would burn a Christian pamphlet, causing folks to think the guy was Christian?
The words “What ya doin there Rabbi?” come to mind! Wonder if there was any badly drawn swastikas daubed on the walls? 😉