A man prays in Latin in front of a display installed by Satanic Temple Iowa at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

Des Moines Register. A Mississippi man who admitted to destroying a statue of the pagan idol Baphomet at the Iowa Capitol has been charged with a hate crime.

Navy veteran Michael Cassidy allegedly beheaded a statue of Baphomet, a satanic occult figure, inside the Iowa capitol this week and told "Jesse Watters Primetime" his experience.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - On Thursday, the Satanic Temple of Iowa announced that their display at the Iowa Capitol had been significantly damaged. The controversial display, which Iowa Governor ...

More: Iowa lawmaker calls for Gov. Kim Reynolds to remove Satanic Temple's display from Capitol Cassidy said that he vandalized the Baphomet statue because of the lack of action against the ...

Navy Reserve veteran Michael Cassidy has been charged with a hate crime after he beheaded a satanic statue ... "Court records show Cassidy is scheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 15," the Des Moines ...

The Satanic Temple of Iowa was ... exactly one year after a statue depicting the pagan idol Baphomet was destroyed in the display at the State Capitol building in Des Moines — but the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Satanic Temple display inside the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines was destroyed, ... known as a Baphomet statue, “was destroyed beyond repair,” though part of it remains.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge in return for prosecutors dropping a ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KGAN) — The Satanic Temple of Iowa said a statue in its Iowa capitol display was destroyed "beyond repair." The group posted a message to its Facebook page on Thursday.. This ...

A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge in return for prosecutors dropping a felony hate crime count ...