New Caney Buddhist Temple fire: FBI announces $10,000 reward in case
NEW CANEY, Texas - The FBI announced a reward for information as the investigation continues into a fire that was set at a New Caney Buddhist temple in November.
The FBI is offering a reward up to $10,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible.
Authorities say the fire at the Huyen Trang Buddhist Meditation Centre was started shortly before 10 p.m. on Nov. 5 when someone threw a Molotov cocktail into a window.
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In surveillance video, you can see the man walk right up to the window and throw a Molotov cocktail through a screen, and the entire room goes up in flames.
The video shows members of the temple extinguishing the flames and then calling the police.
The sheriff’s office released a photo of a suspect in the case. They described him as a white or light-skinned male, wearing a dark baseball cap, black boots, and carrying a backpack.
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The Montgomery County Sheriffs Office released this photo of the suspect.
Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI Tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI.