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2 Youths Charged In Westminster Cross Burning

WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- Authorities in Carroll County say two youths set fire to a wooden cross in the driveway of a Westminster home.

The burned cross was discovered late Sunday night.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office says deputies determined that two juveniles were responsible. They were charged with second-degree malicious burning, racial or religious harassment and malicious destruction of property. They've been released to the custody of their parents.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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