A Mississippi man convicted of burning a cross to intimidate a black person who lived near him was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday, the FBI said.

Graham Williamson, 38, of Collins, pleaded guilty in August to one count of interference with housing rights and conspiring to use fire to commit a federal felony for the 2017 cross burning in the town of Seminary.

Williamson and his accomplice, Louie Bernard Revette, built a wooden cross and ignited it in front of the home of a juvenile resident of the town, the FBI said in a statement.

“He burned the cross to threaten, frighten, and intimidate [the victim] and other African American residents because of their race and color, and because they lived in and occupied residences in that area of Seminary,” the FBI said in the statement.

Revette pleaded guilty to the same charges in September and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

“Those who terrorize our people and commit crimes based on the color of someone’s skin will receive swift and certain prosecution from this office,” US Attorney Mike Hurst of the Southern District of Mississippi said after Tuesday’s sentencing.