{"id":1586,"date":"2017-03-23T13:45:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T17:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idavox.com\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2017-06-22T12:52:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:52:46","slug":"white-supremacist-craig-cobb-purchases-old-north-dakota-church-which-promptly-gets-burned-to-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idavox.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/23\/white-supremacist-craig-cobb-purchases-old-north-dakota-church-which-promptly-gets-burned-to-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"White Supremacist Craig Cobb Purchases Old North Dakota Church – Which Promptly Gets Burned to the Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Dakota is NOT going through this crap with him again!<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPI<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A church in Nome, N.D., purchased by self-proclaimed white supremacist Craig Cobb<\/a> burned to the ground on Wednesday afternoon, police said.<\/p>\n

The fire<\/a> destroyed the over 100-year-old church in Nome, a town 70 miles southwest of Fargo. No one was in the church when the fire broke out, and no injuries were reported. The cause remains unknown.<\/p>\n

“It was pretty much engulfed when the guys got here,” said Chief Randy Nagle of the Nome Fire Department.<\/p>\n

Cobb, identified as Paul Cobb on the deed to the former Nome Zion Lutheran Church, purchased the church with a co-owner in February. In 2011 he began buying properties in the nearby town of Leith, announcing an intention to turn the community into a white supremacist enclave. He and his followers led vigilante patrols of the town, stopping and threatening residents, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported. After pleading guilty to felony terrorizing, a court ordered him to vacate Leith.<\/p>\n

A Nome resident said no one in town was happy about Cobb coming to Nome “after that deal in Leith,” CBS News<\/a> reported Thursday, citing the Bismarck Times. Although Cobb’s name is listed as an owner, there is no indication he moved into the church.<\/p>\n

The North Dakota State Fire Marshal’s Office will investigate the fire, the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office said.
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