{"id":436133,"date":"2026-09-15T01:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436133\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T01:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:16:08","slug":"3rd-suspect-arrested-charged-in-connection-with-2023-firebombing-of-buddhist-temple-in-new-caney-fbi-houston-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436133\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd suspect arrested, charged in connection with 2023 firebombing of Buddhist temple in New Caney, FBI Houston says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW CANEY, Texas  (KTRK) &#8212; A third suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the firebombing of a New Caney Buddhist temple in 2023, according to FBI Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Monday, authorities say that Gertrude &#8220;Trudy&#8221; Thompson was charged with conspiracy to commit arson, use of an explosive to commit a federal felony, and arson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Gertrude Thompson now joins her daughter, Kayla Thompson, and Austin Tanton, who were both taken into custody in Cleveland, Texas in September 2025, officials announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/texas-buddhist-temple-fire-2-charged-2023-firebombing-huyen-trang-meditation-center-new-caney-doj-says\/17849465\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2 charged in connection with 2023 firebombing of Buddhist temple in New Caney, federal officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Nov. 5, 2023, Tanton allegedly threw a crude incendiary device, known as a Molotov cocktail, through a window of the Huyen Trang Buddhist Meditation Center, igniting the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">SEE ORIGINAL REPORT: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/new-caney-buddhist-temple-firebombed-attempted-arson-caught-on-video\/14019859\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buddhist temple firebombed by man seen throwing Molotov cocktail, video shows<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW CANEY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A third suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the firebombing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[151149,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-436133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-151149","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}