Mass. Man Gets Jail Time For Torching Biden-harris Farm Display

DALTON, Massachusetts — A Massachusetts man was sentenced Thursday to one year in jail for burning down a stack of hay bales that a local farm had decorated in support of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris during the lead up to last year’s presidential election, prosecutors said. Lonnie Durfee, 50, of Dalton will serve out the sentence on a single count of burning personal property at the Berkshire County House of Correction in Pittsfield. Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington’s office said the penalty is the maximum jail time allowed under law. “The use of fire has a deeply rooted association with political and civil rights intimidation.