More Than, Firebombing University Police Car, Firebomb Oakland Federal Building — Domestic Terrorist Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Prison for Firebombing University Police Car and Attempting to Firebomb Oakland Federal Building | United States Justice Department.
“Anyone who crosses the line between peaceful protest and violence will be met with the full force of the law.”According to a plea deal filed in open court, in the early morning hours of 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 (UCPD) patrol car parked near the UC Berkeley campus. Missakian for the Northern District of California. “This prison term is a sharp rebuke of that disastrous view. Now, more than ever,
we must unite in condemning political violence in all its forms.”“Freedom of expression and peaceful protest are deeply enshrined values in America. Attorney Craig H. announcement Domestic Terrorist Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Prison for Firebombing University Police Car and Attempting to Firebomb Oakland Federal Building Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Casey Robert Goonan, 35, of Oakland and Pleasant Hill, California, was sentenced on Sept. 23 in the Northern District of California to 235 months in federal prison for
committing a series of arsons and firebombings at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Oakland federal building in June 2024.In January 2025, Goonan entered a guilty plea to one count of maliciously damaging or destroying property used in or affecting interstate commerce by means of fire or an explosive.“This domestic terrorist could have taken untold lives had his violent attacks been more successful, and using the evils of Hamas as motivation speaks to his depravity,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. Goonan lit the bag on fire and fled, causing the patrol car to catch on fire. “He