A 73-year-old Miami man, who is also a registered sex
offender, faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, arson,
and committing a hate crime after he allegedly tried to burn down a home with
two women and eight children inside because the women are lesbians.
Via WTSP reports: Miami-Dade Police said Braulio
Valenzuela-Villanueva, 73, entered the lot next door to his on NW 27th Avenue
and allegedly set fire to a mattress that was leaning against the wall of the
trailer occupied by the women and children.
Police
said as the fire began to get worse, “the defendant hurried back to his
residence.” The fire began to burn the trailer, but there were no smoke
detectors inside, police said. A neighbor from across the street saw the fire
and began to alert people of the impending danger.
