Pro-Hamas California arsonist sentenced to 19 years
Casey Robert Goonan was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to setting multiple fires on and near the UC Berkeley campus and attempting to attack the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Goonan acknowledged his attacks were inspired by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 assault on Israel; a federal judge also ordered $94,267.51 in restitution, a $100 special assessment and 15 years of supervised release.
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Pro-Hamas California arsonist slapped with 19-year prison sentence
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- Goonan sentenced to 235 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White (reported Sept. 24, 2025).
- Criminal conduct includes placing a bag of Molotov cocktails beneath a UC police vehicle (June 1, 2024) and igniting Molotovs near the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building after attempting to shatter a window (June 11, 2024); additional campus fires occurred June 1, 13 and 16, 2024.
- Court found the acts were intended to promote a federal crime of terrorism; defendant to pay $94,267.51 restitution, $100 special assessment, and serve 15 years of supervised release after custody (in custody since June 17, 2024).