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Posted: 11:27 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, 2012

Man allegedly burns cross in boss' yard

Man arrested in OKC
37-year-old Joshua Scott Brown was arrested on Monday.

By Michael Purdy

Oklahoma City, Okla. —

A man is arrested in Oklahoma City  for burning a cross. 

OKC police says it happened on December 27th, but 37-year-old Joshua Scott Brown was arrested on Monday. 

The suspect is accused of lighting a cross on fire at the home of his boss using a gasoline-filled bottle.  Police say  he left the burning cross and the bottle in the front yard.

OKC police ended up searching Brown's home.  Police say they found evidence linking him to the crime.  He also had singed hair on his forearms.

Nobody at the home was injured because of the fire.

Brown was arrested on complaints of arson, possession of a firearm in commission of a felony and endangering a person while committing arson.

 
 
 

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