How about is he also burns his SUV too...???
Caddo school worker accused of burning cross in supervisor's yard
Kenneth Wayne Smith also accused of setting supervisor's vehicle on fire.
Shreveport Times | January 25, 2006 | Francis McCabe
A Herndon Elementary-Middle School maintenance worker is accused of setting his supervisor's SUV afire and lighting a cross in the man's yard.
Kenneth Wayne Smith, 45, of Gilliam has been booked into Caddo Correctional Center on one count of aggravated arson as a result of the incident Monday morning. His bond is pending.
Smith, who is black, apparently had a disagreement at work with his supervisor, who also is black, authorities said. Smith built two crosses, each two feet wide and three feet tall, and set the supervisor's SUV on fire as well as one of the crosses, Caddo sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick said. The other cross was leaned against the supervisor's residence in the 12000 block of Main Street in Gilliam but never was lit, she said.
Detective Kay Ward went to Smith's residence Tuesday after authorities learned that he and his supervisor had had a falling out.
Ward found two pieces of wood matching the wood used to make the crosses, Chadwick said.
Smith was charged soon after the wood was sent to the crime laboratory, which confirmed the match, she said.
Smith was interviewed but did not confess to anything, Ward said.
Smith most likely used the crosses to "take attention away from himself," Chadwick said. He was not charged with a hate crime
Caddo school worker accused of burning cross in supervisor's yard
Kenneth Wayne Smith also accused of setting supervisor's vehicle on fire.
Shreveport Times | January 25, 2006 | Francis McCabe
A Herndon Elementary-Middle School maintenance worker is accused of setting his supervisor's SUV afire and lighting a cross in the man's yard.
Kenneth Wayne Smith, 45, of Gilliam has been booked into Caddo Correctional Center on one count of aggravated arson as a result of the incident Monday morning. His bond is pending.
Smith, who is black, apparently had a disagreement at work with his supervisor, who also is black, authorities said. Smith built two crosses, each two feet wide and three feet tall, and set the supervisor's SUV on fire as well as one of the crosses, Caddo sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick said. The other cross was leaned against the supervisor's residence in the 12000 block of Main Street in Gilliam but never was lit, she said.
Detective Kay Ward went to Smith's residence Tuesday after authorities learned that he and his supervisor had had a falling out.
Ward found two pieces of wood matching the wood used to make the crosses, Chadwick said.
Smith was charged soon after the wood was sent to the crime laboratory, which confirmed the match, she said.
Smith was interviewed but did not confess to anything, Ward said.
Smith most likely used the crosses to "take attention away from himself," Chadwick said. He was not charged with a hate crime
