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A fire at a synagogue in Punta Gorda is being investigated as a hate crime, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday. The fire occurred late Friday night at the Chabad of Charlotte County ...

Punta Gorda police and firefighters responded late Friday to a fire at the Chabad of Charlotte County on West Henry Street.

Prosecutors say a man accused of setting fire to a Chabad Jewish Center in southwest Florida has been arrested and faces a federal arson charge ...

Blake Richard Hoover was arrested Monday and charged with arson and criminal mischief, according to a statement from Punta ...

Police found a broken window as well as traces of fuel both inside and outside of the classroom where the fire originated.

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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - The Punta Gorda Police Department is investigating a fire at a synagogue as both arson and a hate crime.