From WLOX: "Wiggins man sentenced to 30 years in prison for setting church on fire."
On Tuesday, 37-year-old Stefan Day Rowold was sentenced to 30 years in prison after vandalizing and setting fire to a church in Wiggins.
Rowold’s sentence comes after a jury found him guilty of six counts of federal arson and civil rights charges following a trial in September 2025.
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On July 5 and July 7 of 2024, Rowold vandalized and set fire to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Hall Street in Wiggins. Evidence shown during the trial proved that Rowold did it because he disagreed with what he believed were the church’s religious views.
Rowold confessed to police that he broke into the church building and graffitied hateful messages on the walls before starting a fire in the middle of a multipurpose room. To kindle the flames, he used paintings, hymnals, and more. Rowold also confessed that after he learned his first fire failed to burn the building down, he broke in two days later to finish the job, setting a second fire against a wall inside the church.
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