The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday released images of seven people wanted in connection to arson incidents committed during the widespread unrest in Philadelphia last summer in the wake of the police custody death of George Floyd.
2 accused of torching cop car during Philly Floyd protest
May 27, 2021
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Two men were accused of setting fire to a Pennsylvania State Police patrol vehicle during a 2020 demonstration in Philadelphia after the death of George Floyd, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
According to a superseding indictment, Fulton Smith, 26, of Philadelphia, and Ayoub Tabri, 25, of Arlington, Virginia, were charged with two counts of arson and one count of obstruction of law enforcement.
State troopers used two SUVs at the intersection of Broad and Vine streets to block demonstrators from accessing Interstate 676 on May 30, 2020, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors alleged a lit road flare was used to set fire to one of the vehicles.
2 charged for allegedly using road flares to torch state police SUV during unrest in Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA - Prosecutors on Thursday brought charges against two men who allegedly used road flares to torch a Pennsylvania State Police SUV during last summer s unrest in Philadelphia.
Lester Fulton Smith, a 26-year-old from Philadelphia, and Ayoub Tabri, a 25-year-old from Virginia, were charged with two counts of arson and one count of obstruction of law enforcement, acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced.
According to prosecutors, on May 30 the men were among a group of people who began damaging two Pennsylvania State Police SUVs positioned at the on-ramp for I-676 near Broad and Vine Streets.