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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Claire Savage

Illinois man pleads guilty in Planned Parenthood clinic fire

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A central Illinois man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic last month, the U.S. attorney's office said Friday.

Tyler W. Massengill, 32, of Chillicothe admitted to setting fire to the Peoria clinic with an explosive on Jan. 15, two days after Illinois approved expansive reproductive health care legislation aimed at protecting abortion patients and providers.

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