Richard Tillman, the younger brother of the late NFL star Pat Tillman, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to charges of arson in a fire last year that destroyed a San Jose post office, federal officials said.
Tillman, 44, admitted in court to intentionally setting the July fire at the Almaden Valley post office on Crown Boulevard “to make a point to the U.S. government,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.
Prosecutors said Tillman purchased fire logs and lighter fluid to prepare for the arson and then drove to the office on an early July morning last summer. Tillman backed up his car to the building’s front door, got out and then spread lighter fluid throughout the vehicle, according to authorities…