Colorado Man Sentenced to 39 Months in Prison for Molotov Cocktail Attack on Church

A Colorado man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to throwing Molotov cocktails at a church in the city of Loveland last year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Darion Ray Sexton, 22, pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge on May 5, 2023, in relation to the attack on the church, which took place in January of that same year. He was sentenced on Tuesday to 39 months behind bars. According to prosecutors, Mr. Sexton intentionally set fire to the church in the early hours of the morning on Jan. 19 by throwing two Molotov cocktails at it—one in the front of the building and another in the basement....