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Firefighters respond to a fire at Dollar Land Inc., the former Beach Road Liquor, in Green Bay March 5, 2013.

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Updated: Thursday, 14 Mar 2013, 8:24 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 14 Mar 2013, 8:22 PM CDT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A Green Bay man is charged with a hate crime for allegedly setting fire at a convenience store owned by a Sikh American.

Fifty-three-year-old James Parrish faces charges of arson with a hate crime modification, first-degree recklessly endangering safety and carrying a concealed weapon.

Police arrested Parrish March 5 after he reportedly walked into the Dollar Land store, dumped a liquid on the register and set it on fire after a store employee turned him down for a date.

The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund praised authorities for treating the arson as a hate crime.

Last August, a white supremacist fatally shot six worshippers at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek before killing himself.