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LB Williams, was charged with domestic violence stalking and exhibits that intimidate after he burned a cross in his own yard to scare his wife, Newsherald.com reports.

Williams, a 50-year-old black man, and his wife Donna, who is white, found a cross burning in their driveway Nov. 4 outside their Florida home. Donna Williams said the family was shaken by the incident.

“When I saw that cross burning, I was scared to death,” she told the Panama City News Herald. “I was terrified…we all were.”

After the couple reported the incident, police began a hate crime investigation. But the issue was far from being resolved.

Two days later, Donna said she received a note taped to the front door that was signed “KKK.” The note said she was being watched and that she “better not leave that [N-word],” a warning that struck Donna as odd.

“When did the KKK start supporting black and white, interracial marriages,” she wondered.

On Monday, LB Williams admitted to setting the fire and posting the note in an effort to keep his wife of seven years from filing for divorce. He was arrested and later released from Bay County Jail Nov. 15 without bond. As a condition of the domestic violence charge, he is not allowed to go home.