A man has been arrested for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails into a federal building in Downtown on Monday, Dec. 1. Firefighters were dispatched to 300 N. Los Angeles Street around 8:30 a.m. after someone either dropped or threw a Molotov cocktail device, an apparent attempted firebombing, but it did not ignite. There were no injuries.
The man has since been identified as Jose F. Jovel, 54, a United States citizen. He is charged with attempted malicious damage of federal property. If convicted, he faces a mandatory sentence of five years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
“I am deeply alarmed by the incident that occurred at the Federal Building in Downtown,” Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement. “This type of behavior is absolutely unconscionable. Thank you to our LAPD officers and law enforcement partners for their intervention and response. I am grateful that no one was injured.”…