TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A self-proclaimed anti-Semite with a prison record of abortion-clinic arsons is in custody in Terre Haute, Ind., accused of torching a Holocaust museum.
Joseph Stockett, 57, appeared Monday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Stockett has not been arrested or charged in connection with the Nov. 18 fire at the museum, and he told the Terre Haute Tribune-Star he had "nothing to do with it."
Court papers filed in connection with his weapons arrest, and interviews with those who know Stockett, portray a man with a disturbing history of extremist views.
A court affidavit filed in Stockett's firearms arrest says an informant contacted police Thursday, saying he thought he knew who might be responsible for the fire.
The informant said Stockett expressed anti-Jewish views and was trying to recruit people into a neo-Nazi organization, according to the affidavit.
Stockett allegedly provided the informant with documents reflecting such views, along with a business card for an anti-Jewish organization.
