An East Bay man is facing multiple federal charges after allegedly firebombing a patrol car on the University of California, Berkeley campus last month, officials said.
The Northern District of California U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday that a federal jury returned charges against Casey Robert Goonan, a 34-year-old with ties to Oakland and Pleasant Hill, in connection with the June 1 incident.
According to the indictment, Goonan went to the Berkeley campus in the early morning hours carrying a shopping bag containing six Molotov cocktails. Goonan then placed the bag underneath the fuel tank of a marked patrol vehicle and ignited the devices.Officials credit the rapid response of police officers from preventing an explosion, but the vehicle was declared a total loss.
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