Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Jail for Arson Attacks on Jehovah’s Witness Halls

A man was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Friday for carrying out multiple arson attacks and a shooting spree at Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Halls in 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
Mikey Diamond Starrett from Olympia, Washington, also known as Michael Jason Layes, pleaded guilty in May to four counts of damage to religious property and one count of using a firearm during a crime of violence.
His jail sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release for federal civil rights and firearms offenses. The court also ordered him to pay more than $714,600 in restitution to the Kingdom Halls….