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FILE - This is a Mississippi Department of Public Safety-provided and undated state driver's license photograph of Andrew McClinton, of Leland, Miss. McClinton was sentenced Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Greenville, Miss. Circuit Judge Margaret Carey-McCray also gave him 10 years of supervised release after the 10 in prison. McClinton pleaded guilty to arson on March 28. Investigators said McClinton belonged to the church that was vandalized and burned, Hopewell Missionary Baptist in Greenville. Some initially suspected the fire was a hate crime. But Washington County District Attorney Dewayne Richardson says McClinton was trying to hide illicit activities he had done inside the church. (Mississippi Department of Public Safety via AP, File)

Andrew McClinton, black church member, sentenced in ‘Vote Trump’ arson

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FILE - This is a Mississippi Department of Public Safety-provided and undated state driver's license photograph of Andrew McClinton, of Leland, Miss. McClinton was sentenced Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Greenville, Miss. Circuit Judge Margaret Carey-McCray also gave him 10 years of supervised release after the 10 in prison. McClinton pleaded guilty to arson on March 28. Investigators said McClinton belonged to the church that was vandalized and burned, Hopewell Missionary Baptist in Greenville. Some initially suspected the fire was a hate crime. But Washington County District Attorney Dewayne Richardson says McClinton was trying to hide illicit activities he had done inside the church. (Mississippi Department of Public Safety via AP, File)

The Latest: DA says man burned church to hide own activities

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In this Jan. 12, 2017 photo, an iron bell and a steeple are all that remain of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss. The African-American church was burned and spray-painted with &quot;Vote Trump&quot; on Nov. 1, 2016, a week before the presidential election. The remaining walls were torn down and the lot was cleared weeks later. Andrew McClinton of Leland, Miss., who was a member of the church, is charged with first-degree arson of a place of worship. (AP Photo/ Emily Wagster Pettus)

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This is a Mississippi Department of Public Safety provided undated state driver's license photograph of Andrew McClinton, of Leland, Miss., who was arrested by the Greenville Police Department, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 in Greenville , Miss., in connection with the Nov. 1, 2016 fire at Greenville's Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. McClinton, 45, has been charged with one count of first degree arson of a place of worship and is being held in the Washington County Detention Center, pending an initial appearance before the municipal court. (Mississippi Department of Public Safety via AP,)

Arrest of black man in black church fire stirs debates

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

This is a Mississippi Department of Public Safety provided undated state driver's license photograph of Andrew McClinton, of Leland, Miss., who was arrested by the Greenville Police Department, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 in Greenville , Miss., in connection with the Nov. 1, 2016 fire at Greenville's Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. McClinton, 45, has been charged with one count of first degree arson of a place of worship and is being held in the Washington County Detention Center, pending an initial appearance before the municipal court. (Mississippi Department of Public Safety via AP,)

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This is a Mississippi Department of Public Safety provided undated state driver's license photograph of Andrew McClinton, of Leland, Miss., who was arrested by the Greenville Police Department, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 in Greenville , Miss., in connection with the Nov. 1, 2016 fire at Greenville's Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. McClinton, 45, has been charged with one count of first degree arson of a place of worship and is being held in the Washington County Detention Center, pending an initial appearance before the municipal court. (Mississippi Department of Public Safety via AP,)

The Latest: Man charged in church arson has criminal record

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