Federal prosecutors charged a Koreatown man who allegedly threw two Molotov cocktails inside the downtown Los Angeles federal building.

The Department of Justice said agents arrested Jose Francisco Jovel, 54, immediately after the attack on Monday morning. He faces a single charge of attempted malicious damage to federal property, which carries a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.

"There can be zero tolerance for any targeting of law enforcement officials – let alone violent acts – and we're lucky that the devices allegedly thrown by the subject did not physically injure anyone," FBI Assistant Director in Charge Akil Davis said.

Jovel allegedly lit his Koreatown apartment on fire four hours before he arrived at the federal building at 300 N. Los

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