Texas Man Gets 25 Years In Church Arson Case
Oct 2010 – A southeast Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges that he burned down a church to cover up a $40 theft.
Twenty-year-old Daniel James Allen pleaded guilty Friday to charges of arson and burglary of a building stemming from a fire last year that destroyed Fletcher Emanuel Church Alive in Lumberton.
Investigators say Allen admitted burglarizing the fellowship hall, taking about $40 from a safe and setting the church offices on fire. No one was injured.