OAKLAND, Calif. - An East Bay man convicted of firebombings that targeting the University of California, Berkeley and the Oakland federal building last year in support of Palestine was sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.

Casey Robert Goonan, 35, pleaded guilty in January to maliciously damaging or destroying property used in or affecting interstate commerce by means of fire or an explosive.

Goonan placed a bag containing six Molotov cocktails underneath the fuel tank of a UC Berkeley Police Department vehicle parked near campus on June 1, 2024. He lit the bag on fire and fled, causing the patrol car to ignite.

Goonan also tried to firebomb the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in downtown Oakland on June 11,

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