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.



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.


Prosecutors obtained a federal criminal complaint charging Hinton with two offenses: attempted arson and damaging government property. Hertzberg stated that the arson charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years and a maximum of 20 years in federal prison, while the government property damage count carries up to 10 years.

The charges stem from an attack three days prior at 180 Ted Turner Drive, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility that houses the Atlanta Immigration Court, Homeland Security Investigations legal offices, and Enforcement and Removal Operations. Hertzberg said an individual was caught on camera hurling a Molotov cocktail at the building. Atlanta police officers witnessed the act and attempted to chase the suspect, but were unable to catch him as he ran from the scene on foot.

Investigators also recovered burned cloth, lighter fluid, a glass bottle and a lighter at the scene, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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