Orange City, Iowa — The trial has been pushed back for the third time in the case of a northwest Iowa man who allegedly made a video of himself burning books borrowed from the Orange City Library.
Paul Dorr of Ocheyedan, the leader of the group, “Rescue The Perishing,” says he borrowed the “shameful and wicked” books from the Orange City Public Library. The books involved were four “transgender books” that Dorr is accused of burning in a Facebook Live video at the start of the October 2018 “OC Pride” event.
After the due date of the books passed without them being returned to the library, Orange City Police filed charges against Dorr for Fifth Degree Criminal Mischief, a simple misdemeanor, for allegedly burning the books.
A non-jury trial in the case was originally scheduled for this past March, but Dorr requested a jury trial. That was scheduled for April and was postponed to June, and now has been pushed back to Tuesday, August 6th, 2019.
