Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, confessed to a series of Molotov cocktail attacks on New Year’s Day targeting an Islamic Center, private homes and a local bodega.
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According to NYPD, Lengend said he wanted to get even at each target. He got back at the Islamic center for not letting him use the bathroom and took revenge on a deli owner who caught him shoplifting.
But a fifth target was a mistake. Lengend admitted saying he had the wrong address for a crack dealer he was allegedly after.
Lengend was charged with five counts of possessing an explosive, four counts of arson and one count of arson as a hate crime for allegedly making anti-Muslim statements in reference to the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center.
Lengend, a former tow-truck driver, used a beer bottle to launch a firebomb that damaged a house on 107th Avenue. Cops caught Lengend after they spotted Virginia license plates on a car spotted near at least two of the attack scenes. Thankfully Lengend is off the streets!
