A mother’s fear led to the arrest of a man accused of setting fire to a Jewish center

Blake Hoover faces a federal arson charge in the fire at the Chabad Jewish Center in Punta Gorda late Friday, a few days before the Jewish New Year, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office. The center has a Hebrew school and a community synagogue. Hoover’s aunt contacted the Punta...

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