A man who was inspired by a church sermon to burn down a Planned Parenthood clinic in southwest Michigan was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.
Joshua Brereton, 25, pleaded guilty to committing arson at the Kalamazoo clinic last July. The clinic was not open at the time.
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Planned Parenthood offers abortion services. Brereton has made videos calling abortion a “genocide of babies.”
Joshua Brereton was sentenced to five years in prison for burning down a Michigan Planned Parenthood clinic.
“This offense was committed on the spur of the moment after hearing a sermon in church about ‘making a difference.’ … In retrospect, Joshua looks back at himself every day with great regret,” defense attorney Donald Smith said in a court filing.
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US District Judge Paul Maloney ordered a prison term of five years, the minimum required under federal law.
Repairs to the clinic and lost income from the fire totaled about $33,000, prosecutors said, noting that Brereton set three separate fires outside the building.
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“While Americans can strongly disagree on matters of law and policy, violence is never an acceptable means of resolving our disputes,” said US Attorney Mark Totten.
