FBI offers $25,000 reward for information on ballot box fires suspect in Washington, Oregon

The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information on a suspect who set a series of fires to ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Surveillance video released by the FBI shows what the agency believes is the male suspect driving an early-model Volvo S-60 sedan.

The man, who authorities have previously described as being 30-40 years old, is suspected of being behind the destruction of hundreds of ballots in Washington state and Oregon. Investigators later discovered pro-Palestinian messages on the incendiary devices used to spark the blazes, which were set less than one week ahead of Election Day.

FBI releases video of ballot box arson in Portland

The first fires were reported Oct. 8 at two ballot boxes in Vancouver, Washington, according to the FBI. The agency suspects the same man is also behind fires set Oct. 28 on more ballot drop boxes in Vancouver, as well as in Portland, Oregon.

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