Stephen Spencer Pittman, Madison, Mississippi man arrested setting Jackson synagogue on fire after referencing Jewish religious institution as the ‘synagogue of Satan.’ Suspect is avid Christian and baseball fanatic and honor roll student. A 33-year-old man has admitted to starting a fire at a Mississippi synagogue on account of its ‘Jewish ties.’ Stephen Spencer Pittman, 19, of Madison, Miss., was charged Monday with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive. In an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Mississippi on Monday, the FBI said the suspect confessed to lighting a fire inside the...