Man sentenced to 10 years for setting fire at Peoria Planned Parenthood

Tuesday, August 15, 2023
PEORIA, Ill. (WLS) -- A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting a fire at a Planned Parenthood in Peoria.

The judge also ordered him to pay close to $1.5 million.

Prosecutors said Tyler Massengill broke a window and put an incendiary device through it in the middle of the night in January.
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The incident occurred two days after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law reproductive health care legislation to protect out-of-state abortion seekers, adding Illinois to the list of states that have placed legal reinforcements around the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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The facility remains closed because of damage from the fire. Planned Parenthood says it plans to reopen the center by early next year.

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