US EditionEast Bay Man Who Fire Bombed UC Berkeley Patrol Car Sentenced: DOJ
Casey Goonan was sentenced to 19 years for arson targeting UC Berkeley police and a federal building, motivated by protests against treatment of Palestinian supporters.
- On Tuesday, Casey Robert Goonan, a 35-year-old from Oakland and Pleasant Hill, was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White.
- Goonan's attorneys said the attacks protested treatment of Palestinian supporters by University of California officials and the federal government, and he admitted inspiration from Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023 attack.
- On June 1, 2024 he placed six Molotov cocktails under a University of California Police Department vehicle, igniting it; on June 11, 2024 he tried to firebomb the Oakland federal building but was stopped.
- The court applied a terrorism enhancement and Judge White ordered 15 years supervised release, $94,267.51 restitution, and a $100 special assessment on Tuesday.
- Defense attorneys Jeff Wozniak and Sarah Potter argued bipolar disorder explains Goonan's actions and urged an eight-year term or less.
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The Political InsiderMan Gets 19-Year Term for Arson, Firebombings at UC Berkeley and Oakland Federal Building
A judge sentenced an Oakland, California, man to more than 19 years in federal prison for committing a series of arsons and fire bombings at the University of California–Berkeley, and a federal building in June 2024, officials announced Sept. 23. District Judge Jeffrey White called Casey Robert Goonan, 35, a domestic terrorist, finding he committed a felony offense that involved, or was intended to promote, terrorism, prosecutors reported. Goona…
Judge sentences ‘scholar-activist’ to 20 years in prison for firebombing UC Berkeley cop car
A federal judge sentenced a ‘scholar-activist” to almost 20 years in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $100,000 in fines for firebombing a University of California Berkeley police car and committing other acts of arson. Judge Jeffrey White went further than even requested by the prosecution, who asked for 15 years in prison for Casey Goonan, who committed the crimes in June 2024. Source
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