NASHVILLE, Tenn. - One of three people who pleaded guilty to the firebombing of a Columbia mosque in 2008 is scheduled to be sentenced.
Eric Ian Baker pleaded guilty in September to charges of destruction of religious property and using a fire to commit a felony.
According to a federal indictment, Baker, Jonathan Stone and Michael Golden tagged the Islamic Center of Columbia with swastikas and the words "White Power" before torching it with Molotov cocktails.
Baker is to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in Nashville. But on Tuesday he filed a handwritten motion requesting to withdraw his guilty plea.
Attorneys say the judge hasn't canceled the hearing.
Stone and Golden both pleaded guilty. Golden was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Stone has not yet been sentenced.