Well, they call it a reward - I call it a bounty.
From the Star-Trib.
A St. Cloud human rights group has offered a $1,000 reward in the hopes of finding the person responsible for posting anti-Islamic cartoons in the city this week.
Create CommUNITY, a nonprofit organization that promotes racial harmony, announced Friday that the money would be posted with the Tri-County Crime-Stoppers for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case.
The crude cartoons were found stapled to a pair of utility poles Tuesday. They depict the prophet Mohammed in derogatory ways, the Qur'an and a swastika. One of the posters was stapled to a pole outside the Mandeeq Shop, a discount store named in honor of the native name for Somalia.
The authorities have identified a suspect but will not release his/her identity.
Police say they've determined the person responsible for putting up anti-Islamic posters in the central Minnesota city of St. Cloud. Sgt. Mark Sayre says the suspect has not been arrested or charged yet, but police determined who he is on Friday and are continuing to investigate. The suspect's identity is not being released.
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St. Cloud police are asking anyone who's found similar material or has additional information to call. The city attorney's office had said it was planning gross misdemeanor obscenity charges once a suspect was arrested, and that it may categorize the matter as a bias crime.
It's important to note that none of the news reports show actual pictures of the posters - no doubt out of fear of offending the perpetually offended Muslims.
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