'He is our neighbor, and I would be glad to know him and welcome him here to this space. 'I don't hold any animosity to him or toward his family or to anyone,' she said. Eileen Gebbie, said that she forgives him. While Martinez did not show any remorse his actions, the pastor at the church, Rev. A man convicted of burning tire marks across a gay-pride streetscape in South Florida last summer must write a 25-page essay on the deadly 2016 shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. The sentences will be served consecutively. He was convicted by a jury, and a judge sentenced him to the maximum of 15 years in prison on the arson charge, one year in jail on the reckless use of explosives charge, and 30 days for harassment. He told KCCI that he did not regret his actions and said he was 'guilty as charged.'ĭespite admitting his guilt on television, Martinez pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was charged with a hate crime of arson, reckless use of explosives or fire, and harassment.
Martinez said that he burned the flag because he opposes homosexually. In order to try to get around constitutional challenges, the law prohibited all types of flag desecration, with the exception of burning and burying a worn-out. He then carried it a gentleman's club a few blocks away where he doused it with lighter fluid and lit it on fire. Adolfo Martinez, 30, saw the flag at the Church of Christ in Ames and ripped it down. An Iowa man who burned an LBGTQ flying at a church was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
