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Officials: Suspect admits firebombings

Ray Lazier Lengend, accused of hurling Molotov cocktails

Photo credit: AP | Ray Lazier Lengend, accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at an Islamic cultural center and four other New York-area sites on New Year's Day, is led out of the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, Queens. (Jan. 3, 2011)

An unemployed tow-truck driver was charged Tuesday with firebombing an Islamic cultural center in Queens and four other locations, including one in Elmont, over personal vendettas, officials said.

Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, of 89-04 215th St., Queens Village, Queens, was charged with five counts of criminal possession of a weapon (possession of an explosive), a single count of arson as a hate...

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