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A U.S. district
judge also ordered Adam David Smock, 24, to serve five years
probation and pay $10,400 in restitution for violating the civil
rights of others at the Islamic Center of Springfield in
southwest Missouri, federal prosecutors said.
The judge required him to perform 40 hours of community service
and to personally apologize to leaders of the center, according
to prosecutors.
Smock pleaded guilty in December to conspiring to oppress,
threaten and intimidate worshippers at the Islamic Center in
2011. His attorney, Stacie Bilyeu of Springfield, did not return
a call from Reuters seeking comment.
In July of this year, a judge sentenced Smock's co-defendant,
Joshua Daniel Lobsien, 24, to five years of probation, ordered
him to perform 20 hours of community service, and pay $5,220 in
restitution.
Prosecutors say Lobsien and Smock, in pleading guilty, admitted
that they joined a 14-year-old minor in spray painting the
Islamic Center walls in January 2011 with language that included
“Bash Back,” “Now is our time!” and “You bash us in Pakistan we
bash here.”
In April 2011, Smock and Lobsien left two partly burned copies
of the Koran, Islam's holy book, near the center's front doors,
and Lobsien left a note with remarks that included "Death to
Islam," prosecutors said.
(Reporting by Kevin Murphy in Kansas City; Editing by Dan
Whitcomb and Bill Rigby)
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