Woman Pleads Guilty to Attempted Arson at a Louisiana Abortion Clinic

This week Patricia Hughes pleaded guilty to leaving a burning bottle of gasoline outside an abortion clinic in Shreveport, LA. Hughes faces up to 20 years in prison and will be sentenced August 2, 2006.

Surveillance video from the clinic and tips led to the arrest of Hughes.

The burning bottle of gasoline did not damage the clinic, as the bottle apparently fell away from the building and burned.

>View the Shreveport Times article

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