TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An Illinois man accused in a failed plot to firebomb dozens of Oklahoma churches has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Gregory Arthur Weiler II of Elk Grove Village, Ill., was found not guilty Friday on a charge of possessing an unregistered, destructive device.
Prosecutors accused Weiler of plotting to bomb 48 churches in Ottawa County, though no explosives were set off and no one was injured.
In documents filed Friday, both prosecutors and Weiler’s defense attorney agreed that Weiler suffered from a mental illness or disorder that made him unable to understand the nature or wrongfulness of his actions. U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan ruled that Weiler be sent to a medical facility for psychiatric examination and set another court hearing for Feb. 21.
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