OAKLAND – An East Bay resident was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 20 years in prison for committing a series of arsons and firebombings last year at UC Berkeley and the Oakland federal building, prosecutors said.

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Casey Robert Goonan, 35, of Oakland and Pleasant Hill, previously pleaded guilty to one count of maliciously damaging or destroying property used in or affecting interstate commerce by means of fire or an explosive, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

On June 1, 2024, Goonan placed a bag containing six explosive devices commonly known as Molotov cocktails underneath the fuel tank of a marked University of California Police Department patrol car parked near UC Berkeley, prosecutors said.

Goonan lit the bag on fire and the flames spread to the patrol car, acco

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