Christopher Sherwood
The man accused of attempted arson at an African-American church in Queen City pleaded not guilty to arson in Cass County. Allegedly, 33-year-old Christopher Wayne Sherwood entered the church on August 30, and parishioners found him. Officers immediately smelled gasoline throughout the New Beginnings Church of God In Christ and found homemade torches, an IED made of aerosol cans, gasoline, and grill lighters.