Local Iowa outlets reported that Polk County prosecutors accused Cassidy – who destroyed the statue in December ­– of violating the state’s hate crime statute and charged him. The statue ...

Navy Reserve veteran Michael Cassidy has been charged with a hate crime after he beheaded a satanic statue in the Iowa State Capitol, according to a Tuesday press statement from the local attorney ...

A Mississippi man who admitted to destroying a statue of the pagan idol Baphomet at the Iowa Capitol has been charged with a hate crime. Michael Cassidy, a former congressional candidate from ...

Erected under a policy granting religious groups space in the building for displays during the holiday season, the Satanic Temple of Iowa's installation centered on a statue of the horned pagan ...

A U.S. Navy veteran who is accused of tearing down a Satanic Temple statue within the Iowa state Capitol has been charged with a hate crime. Michael Cassidy, a conservative Christian veteran ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - The Mississippi man charged with destroying a Satanic Temple display at the Iowa Capitol, has accepted a plea deal in the case. The controversial display, which Iowa ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge in return for prosecutors dropping a ...

A Mississippi man who destroyed a “Satanic” statue in the Iowa Capitol last year has been charged with a hate crime, stirring outrage among Christian conservatives. Michael Cassidy ...