A 31 year-old Florida man whose mother and aunt told cops he “has a hatred toward homosexuals and Jewish people that’s become worse over the past years” has been arrested in connection with a Friday night arson incident at Chabad of Charlotte County in Punta Gorda, Fox4Now reports.
Stay-at-home son Blake Hoover, an unaffiliated voter, was confronted over the phone by his mom Kelly, a registered Republican, who noticed that a gas can and some spray paint were missing from their garage on the night of the fire. She called and begged him not to burn anything down.
According to police, the next morning she asked what he’d been up to the previous night, to which Blake said he had”just sprayed the letter J, not a big deal.” Kelly told cops that Blake always refers to Jewish people as “Js.” Blake, being held on a $25,000 bond on suspicion of arson and criminal mischief, is due in court for an initial appearance on Tuesday. Probably not Antifa.