A man who set a fire at an Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic sentenced to 10 years in prison

 

August 16, 2023



PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A man who set a fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Illinois was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison.

Tyler Massengill has admitted using a homemade explosive to set a fire at the Peoria clinic in January, a few days after Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law with additional legal protections for abortion procedures. No one was inside the clinic when the fire happened.

"I feel for the people who have lost their jobs. I'm not trying to play like I am victim at this. I was sincerely hurt," Massengill, 32, said in court, apparently a reference to his belie...



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