Two Teens Admit Burning a Cross
Two 16-year-old boys who authorities said burned a cross at the home of a black minister have turned themselves in.
A relative of the unidentified boys brought them to the police station Saturday afternoon, hours before a candlelight vigil and march organized by the community about 40 miles north of Seattle, City Administrator Kristin Banfield said.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 1, 2004 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday April 01, 2004 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 38 words Type of Material: Correction
Cross burning -- A news brief in Monday’s Section A about two teenagers admitting to a cross burning at the home of a black minister did not identify the community where the incident occurred. It was Arlington, Wash.
Jason Martin, the pastor of a Pentecostal congregation in nearby Marysville, woke up Wednesday to find firefighters dousing a cross on his front lawn.
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