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Man charged with setting farm’s large Biden-Harris display ablaze held without bail
Pennlive ^ | 17 October A.D. 2020 | Dave Canton

Posted on 10/17/2020 5:34:23 PM PDT by lightman

A Dalton, Mass., man who’s been charged with burning a political display was found dangerous by a Berkshire District Court judge and ordered to be held without the right to bail pending trial.

Lonnie Durfee, 49, is charged with burning a hay bale display supporting Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the Holiday Brook Farm on Route 9 in Dalton on the evening of Oct. 9.

Durfee was arrested the next morning and charged with burning personal property. At his arraignment, he was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing.

That hearing was held Friday before Judge Paul Smyth in the Pittsfield court.

“Mr. Durfee’s record shows that he has engaged in a pattern of domestic violence, including strangulation, a strong indicator of potential lethality. Mr. Durfee’s recent arson allegations are particularly concerning in light of his violent history because he is escalating his hostility against the public at large,” said District Attorney Anrea Harrington.

The farm’s management had constructed the display that morning from 19 rolled bales of hay with the names of the candidates painted on plastic covering the hay. Holiday Brook Farm in Dalton

The display in support of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at Holiday Brook Farm in Dalton was set on fire on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020.

As workers finished up for the day they discovered the hay burning and called firefighters.

No one was injured in the fire.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: arson; biden; crime; harris; massachusetts
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1 posted on 10/17/2020 5:34:23 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

False flag.

It will be shown he is Profag of a member of Burn Murder & Loot.


2 posted on 10/17/2020 5:37:29 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until PIAPPS is hanging from a gallows.)
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To: lightman

Wonder if this guy is a firebug and just wanted to burn something or if he really was a rare species of somebody on the right acting like the left does.


3 posted on 10/17/2020 5:38:01 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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Yep. Burn a Trump sign, no sign of the police; burn a Biden sign, jail without bail.


4 posted on 10/17/2020 5:39:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: lightman

If you have to burn something, always target Republicans. Otherwise you won’t get to spend the night, or any night, in your own bed.


5 posted on 10/17/2020 5:40:13 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: Fai Mao

No; just a lost soul whose son recently died and is struggling with substance abuse. He was apparently drunk when he did it (said he had been trying to get sober but having a difficult time of it).


6 posted on 10/17/2020 5:40:18 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: AndyTheBear

OMG someone actually had a LARGE Biden /Harris display REALLY!!{


7 posted on 10/17/2020 5:40:25 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Fai Mao

Of course. Still and all, the disparate treatment of this arson happening to Biden signs versus Trump signs is undeniable.


8 posted on 10/17/2020 5:42:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: lightman

As workers finished up for the day they discovered the hay burning and called firefighters.


It was such a small fire that employees did not even notice it.


9 posted on 10/17/2020 5:42:39 PM PDT by Dacula ( If you won the lottery, would you mail in your ticket or go in person? Remember that when you vote.)
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To: lightman

He was just a peaceful protestor.


10 posted on 10/17/2020 5:44:39 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Fai Mao

Dalton is in the Berkshire Mountains region of western Mass. It’s heavy duty liberal country.

That region will go 70-30 for Slow Joe.


11 posted on 10/17/2020 5:47:30 PM PDT by Combat_Liberalism
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To: lightman

Ah, that’s a real shame.


12 posted on 10/17/2020 5:50:57 PM PDT by dforest
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“Mr. Durfee’s record shows that he has engaged in a pattern of domestic violence, including strangulation, a strong indicator of potential lethality”

Yah, I would say so. Where do these idiots come from?


13 posted on 10/17/2020 5:51:16 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: lightman
...held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing.

Something else Cankles can be popped for?

14 posted on 10/17/2020 5:52:33 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: lightman

I wonder what kind of farm it is. Most farmers I know are pro-life Christians and in fact around our county there are several huge rolls of hay that are wrapped in Trump 2020 in humongous lettering. Pro-Biden supporters are pawns of satanic influence.


15 posted on 10/17/2020 6:08:26 PM PDT by Maudeen (Today Christians spend more money on dog food than missions. - Leonard Ravenhill)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

He can’t be a conservative with that record. False flag.


16 posted on 10/17/2020 6:09:10 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Maudeen

There are a lot of leftist, hippy-dippy farms that way.

Not the farmers like the rest of America, that’s for sure.


17 posted on 10/17/2020 6:13:31 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Leftism is the plaything of a society with too much time on its hands." - Candace Owens)
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To: Fai Mao
False flag

Does make a person wonder.
All the farmers I knew were extremely conservative.
Cannot imagine a pro-biden-ho farmer.

18 posted on 10/17/2020 6:18:59 PM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: lightman

So, tearing down statues...- ok!

Burning down a hay bale... - “destruction of property”.


19 posted on 10/17/2020 6:23:03 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (How did a bunch of data thieves decide they were the arbiters of truth?)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Where do these idiots come from?

For the most part, Blue States.


20 posted on 10/17/2020 6:23:27 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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