(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 …

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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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Arsonist who attempted to firebomb Oakland federal building, UC Berkeley police car pleads guilty

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An activist who appeared to be going on a spree of arson and fire-bomb attacks on the UC Berkeley campus last summer in protest of the university's treatment of pro-Palestinian activists now faces prison time for terrorism.Casey Robert Goonan, 34, has pleaded guilty to federal arson charges in connection with multiple incidents that occurred in June 2024 on the UC Berkeley campus, and one that occurred outside the federal building in Oakland. Go…

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East Bay 'Scholar-Activist' Pleads Guilty to Firebombing UC Berkeley Police Car

A suspect pled guilty in federal court Tuesday to firebombing a police car at UC Berkeley last June as part of a pro-Palestinian protest.

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UC Berkeley firebomb suspect pleads guilty to arson

Casey R. Goonan, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of arson but admitted to lighting fires around Cal's campus, torching a UCPD cruiser and unsuccessfully trying to firebomb a federal building in Oakland, all in "solidarity" with pro-Palestine protesters.

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UC police car firebomber admits to lighting 5 fires in Berkeley and Oakland

Local activist Casey Goonan took responsibility for setting fires last year at UC Berkeley and the Oakland federal building, authorities say.

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Arsonist admits setting fires at UC Berkeley, federal building

Casey Robert Goonan, 34, of Oakland and Pleasant Hill, pleaded guilty today to federal arson charges in relation to a series of firebombings and arsons at the Oakland federal building and the University of California, Berkeley in June 2024. According to a plea agreement filed in open court, in the early morning hours of June 11, 2024, Goonan arrived at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland carrying a bag containin…

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What A Goon! East Bay Arsonist (And Pleasant Hill Resident) Admits To Attempting To Firebomb Oakland Federal Building And Firebombing University Police Car

East Bay man pleads guilty to Oakland, Berkeley firebombings

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