US EditionEast Bay man pleads guilty to Oakland, Berkeley firebombings
- Casey R. Goonan, 34, pleaded guilty to arson for setting multiple fires, including a university police cruiser, in Berkeley on June 1, 2023, as announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
- Goonan admitted to five arson incidents, including an attempted firebombing of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, and faces a potential sentence of five to 20 years in prison.
- The fires were reportedly in protest against the treatment of pro-Palestine protesters by the university and federal government, according to federal prosecutors and Goonan's attorneys.
- Goonan's sentencing is scheduled for April 8, and the U.S. Attorney emphasized that politically motivated violence undermines democracy.
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East Bay man pleads guilty to Oakland, Berkeley firebombings
(BCN) -- An East Bay man pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal arson charges related to a series of firebombings in Oakland and Berkeley last summer, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Casey Goonan, 34, of Oakland and Pleasant Hill, arrived at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland on June 11, 2024, carrying a bag of Molotov cocktails, prosecutors said. Oakland business owner deals with multiple ‘ruthless’ burglaries in same night …
Arsonist who attempted to firebomb Oakland federal building, UC Berkeley police car pleads guilty
A 34-year-old Oakland resident pleaded guilty to arson charges for attempting last year to firebomb a federal building in Oakland and admitted to setting several fires at the UC Berkeley campus in the same month, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Casey Robert Goonan set fires and placed explosives on federal and university property on multiple occasions in a professed act of retaliation against the federal government and UC administra…
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