Crime & Safety
Confessed Church-Egger: 'I Am Definitely against Gay Marriage'
Lonny Roseland lives within a half-mile of the Maple Grove church he vandalized, Pilgrims United Church of Christ, according to Fox 9.
He was caught on video throwing eggs at a church from a wheelchair.
Maple Grove police tracked down Lonny Roseland at his home less than a mile from Pilgrims United Church of Christ, Fox 9 reported Wednesday, and they have turned his case over to prosecutors with gross misdemeanor charges for a bias-motivated property crime.
In an interview with the station, Roseland said he would like to be known as the "Right-wing Early-bird Vandal" and expressed views in line with the anti-gay messages he wrote on the side of the church in four separate incidents in recent months.
"It's me," Roseland said. "I am definitely against gay marriage." Same-sex marriage became legal in Minnesota at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
Church member Steve Hepokoski told Fox 9: "When someone attacks your home, it's a scary thing. Just as much as a burglary, you don't feel safe, and that's what we were going through. ... We're in little, quiet Maple Grove"
See an eight-minute clip of the surveillance video posted by BringMeTheNews.com and ECM Publishers.
Related at Maple Grove Patch:- Hate-Filled Act' at Pilgrims United Church of Christ
- More Vandalism at Pilgrims United Church of Christ
- Maple Grove Police Seek Suspect in Anti-Gay Vandalism at Church
- Gay Marriage, Other Laws Take Effect in Minnesota Aug. 1
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