Michael Benjamin Rafferty, 40, is scheduled for sentencing on March 20, his attorney Michael Sharpe said. Rafferty, who is being held on a $1 million bail, told police that he rammed the loader into the 9,000-square-foot gurdwara in March because "it was owned by foreigners", police officer Tim York testified at Rafferty's preliminary hearing last year. "He thought they were Arabs," York said, "He said they didn't believe in Jesus and didn't belong there." Rafferty had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. But he changed his plea to no contest to charges, including vandalism, vehicle theft and a civil rights violation, Redding.com reported. He faced about a dozen years in prison, if convicted. He also had three felony cases pending, including vehicle theft and methamphetamine possession, which could have netted him an additional seven years in prison, Sharpe said.