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An Oklahoma man was arrested and charged for throwing a homemade pipe bomb onto the porch of a Satanic Temple last week.
Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, allegedly ignited a pipe filled with gunpowder and threw it at the entrance of the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, before making his escape last Monday.
Surveillance cameras captured the suspect walking outside the temple, wearing a tan-colored tactical vest, gloves, a black jacket, and a black face covering early that morning.
The homemade pipe bomb caused minor fire damage to the temple, but no one was inside the building when it detonated.
On Wednesday morning, FBI agents were spotted searching through a property in Perkins, Oklahoma, where Palmer lives. Authorities later announced his arrest.
Surveillance cameras captured the suspect walking outside the temple, wearing a tan-colored tactical vest, gloves, a black jacket, and a black face covering early that morning
Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, was arrested and charged for throwing a homemade pipe bomb onto the porch of a Satanic Temple last week
Palmer allegedly ignited a pipe filled with gunpowder(pictured), threw it at the entrance of the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, before making his escape last Monday
The homemade pipe bomb caused minor fire damage to the temple(seen above). Fortunately, no one was inside the building when the bomb detonated
Evidence found on the scene included a six-page, handwritten note that addressed to 'Dear Satanist', according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The misspelled note read: 'DEAR SATANIST ELOHIM SEND ME 7 MONTHS AGO TO GIVE YOU PEACEFUL MESSAGE TO HOPE YOU REPENT. YOU SAY NO, ELOHIM NOW SEND ME TO SMITE SATAN AND I HAPPY TO OBEY.'
The message continued: 'AND ELOHIM WANT ME TO CONTACT YOU TO TELL YOU REPENT. TURN FROM SIN. ELOHIM NO LIKE THIS PLACE AND PLAN TO DESTROY IT. MAYBE SALEM TOO? ELOHIM SEND ME TO FIGHT CRYBABY SATAN, BUT WANT ME TO MAKE HARD EFFORT SO NO ONE DIES. I OBEY.'
The Satanic Temple in Salem, also an art gallery with a permanent exhibit on Satanism, was vandalized seven months ago with white spray paint, although the incident was not publicized at the time.
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