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Sep 9, 2008 6:40 pm US/Central

RNC Suspect Investigated For Texas Mansion Arson

St. Paul, Minn. (WCCO-TV) ― A man arrested during protests during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota is now being investigated for arson at the Texas governor's mansion in June. 

The story was first reported Tuesday by CBS 11's sister station WCCO in Minneapolis.

Bradley Neil Crowder, 23, of Austin, is charged with one count of possession of firearms not registered to him after his arrest Sept. 1 in St. Paul. Prosecutors believe Crowder and another man, David Guy McKay, made Molotov cocktails which could then be thrown into a St. Paul parking lot where law enforcement parked their vehicles.

A high-level source confirms authorities are now investigating whether Crowder had a role in the June 8 fire that badly damaged the Texas governor's mansion.

The building was not occupied at the time of the fire. Gov. Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, had temporarily moved out of the mansion while a $10 million renovation and maintenance project was completed.

Crowder allegedly belongs to an organization known as the Austin Affinity Group, a group which FBI officials in Texas have been investigating since 2007, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota said.

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