TOLEDO, Ohio — A former Marine from Indiana is set to be sentenced after admitting he started a fire inside a mosque in Ohio because he wanted revenge for the killings of American soldiers overseas.
A deal between federal prosecutors and Randy Linn of St. Joe, Ind., calls for him to receive a 20-year sentence at a hearing scheduled Tuesday afternoon in Toledo.
A U.S. District Court judge turned down Linn's attempt last month to withdraw his guilty plea.
His attorney wanted the judge to throw out the plea so the 52-year-old Linn could undergo a competency exam.
Linn said in court that he set the fire at The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo last fall after seeing images of wounded soldiers in the news.
The fire caused extensive damage at the mosque.
