original story Posted August 4, 2009
Another racially-driven act resulted in a house being set aflame as a man admitted that he set the home of a woman ablaze because she had Black visitors.
Occurring in Charleston, West Virginia, Daryl Lee Fierce, 71, pleaded guilty in April to charges of civil rights violations when he decided to use the element of fire as a means of intimidation, but was absent from his sentencing hearing in federal court last Thursday. Fierce was on the verge of facing 10 years in prison along with a possible $250,000 fine.
Further investigation found Fierce with a gunshot wound to the abdomen at a motel
