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Wisconsin Man Who Set Fire to Grothman's Office Gets 7 Years in Prison
Caiden Stachowicz was sentenced to 7 years prison and 7 years extended supervision for arson protesting a federal TikTok ban, with no injuries reported and over $15,000 restitution ordered.
- On Thursday, Caiden Stachowicz, 20, of Menasha, was sentenced to seven years in prison in Fond du Lac County for arson at Rep. Glenn Grothman's office.
- Stachowicz told investigators he acted out of anger over TikTok policy, saying he opposed the federal push to force ByteDance to sell TikTok and felt his rights were violated.
- Court records show he poured gasoline on an electrical box and around the building, then lit a match and watched it burn, according to the complaint.
- Fond du Lac County Circuit Judge Tricia Walker ordered seven years of extended supervision and no contact with Rep. Glenn Grothman, with prosecutors saying 'we hope this sentence acts as a deterrent to others'.
- In January this year, TikTok finalized a deal to create an American entity, a platform used by more than 200 million Americans, signing agreements with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX.
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Man accused of setting fire to rep’s office over TikTok ban sentenced to prison
A Wisconsin man accused of attempting to set fire to Rep. Glenn Grothman’s (R-Wisc.) office for his support of a bill to have TikTok’s Chinese owner sell off its U.S. operations was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday. Caiden Stachowicz, 20, was also sentenced in Fond du Lac County Court to seven years…
20-year-old sentenced to 7 years in prison for setting fire to Wisconsin congressman’s office
A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison and seven years of extended supervision for setting fire to a Wisconsin congressman’s Fond du Lac office last year. The post 20-year-old sentenced to 7 years in prison for setting fire to Wisconsin congressman’s office appeared first on WPR.
Wisconsin man who set fire to congressman's office over TikTok ban gets 7 years in prison
In addition to the prison time, Fond du Lac County Circuit Judge Tricia Walker sentenced 20-year-old Caiden Stachowicz to seven years of extended supervision, court records show.
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