The Brief
- Federal agents arrested a 31-year-old Douglasville man Friday evening in Cobb County following a Molotov cocktail attack on an Atlanta federal facility.
- Prosecutors charged the suspect with arson and damaging government property, offenses carrying up to 20 years in federal prison with a mandatory five-year minimum.
- Authorities said the suspect surrendered peacefully without incident after investigators identified him through surveillance footage and forensic evidence.
ATLANTA – A 31-year-old man faces federal arson charges after allegedly hurling a Molotov cocktail at an immigration headquarters building in Downtown Atlanta, federal authorities announced at a news conference on Friday evening.
What we know:
U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg announced that FBI agents took 31-year-old Inique Hinton of Douglasville into custody shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at a home on Panda Lane in Cobb County. Investigators noted that while the location was not Hinton’s primary residence, it was a home familiar to him, adding that he surrendered peacefully without incident.…