Henry Clay Glaspell

Vandalizing Mosque Gets Texas Man 14 Months

Ryan J. Reilly | October 25, 2011, 6:00AM

Henry Cray Glaspell, a 34-year-old Texas man who admitted to burning down a playground at an Islamic center, throwing cat litter at the mosque's door and yelling racial and ethnic slurs at people entering the building, just landed in prison for 14 months.

Glaspell, who had been out on bond, surrendered to federal authorities on Nov. 21 and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means, the Justice Department announced Monday.

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Texas Man Admits To Hate Crime In Setting Fire To Playground At Islamic Center

Ryan J. Reilly | February 24, 2011, 8:30AM

A Texas man pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge on Wednesday, admitting that he set fire to playground equipment at the Dar El-Eman Islamic Center in Arlington in July 2010.

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Topics: Henry Clay Glaspell, Islamophobia, Muslim-Americans, Muslims, Texas