PHILADELPHIA
Seven people are facing felony charges after at least two federal buildings in Philadelphia were vandalized on New Year’s Eve and the discovery of what police said were Molotov cocktails and other suspicious devices.
Officers reported spotting about 50 people, all in black, around 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the historic U.S. Customs House, police said. And a man was seen throwing a brick through the windows of a federal building and courthouse shortly before 9 p.m., police said.
Damage to the federal building was estimated at $3,000. Anti-police and anti-prison graffiti were scrawled on walls, a sheriff’s van was defaced and several windows were broken, police said.
7 charged with felonies in vandalism to federal buildings in Philadelphia
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Police ID 7 people arrested in New Year s Eve vandalism of Philly federal building
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By RITA GIORDANO | The Philadelphia Inquirer | Published: January 2, 2021 (Tribune News Service) Seven people were arrested New Year s Eve in Philadelphia in connection with what police said were large unruly crowds that engaged in vandalism at a federal building. The Inquirer reported about the mayhem on the 900 block of Market Street, which police said involved someone throwing a brick through a window of the Robert Nix Federal Building just before 9 p.m. Thursday and, shortly after, a large group of people breaking windows and spray-painting the building. According to police, the following were arrested in connection with the first incident and charged with criminal mischief and related offenses: Adam McVicker, 25, of Coatesville; Dustin Callahan, 24, of Farmingdale, N.J.; Allison Donohue, 23, of Wallingford; and Josey Augustine, 31, of Royersford.