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January 5, 2021 3:32 PM Emily Oliver
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SPOKANE, Wash. The man accused of setting fire to the Spokane Democrats Office in December has been indicted on federal charges, U.S. Attorney William D. Hyslop said Tuesday.
Spokane Police and Bomb Squad members rushed to the Teamsters building in early December for reports of a bomb threat. They later identified Peter Yeager, 45, as the suspect.
Documents show Yeager drove all the way from Grand Coulee with a plan to burn down the Spokane Democrats Office. Police say Yeager entered the building with items resembling a bomb (such as wires sticking out of a backpack), and threatened to blow the place up. They later learned he did not actually have an explosive, though he was carrying gasoline, oil, a camping lighter, and toilet paper, which investigators say he used to spark a fire in the offices.
Camden: Fire a ‘Hanukkah miracle’ By Jim Camden
Share: Jim Camden is a columnist with the Spokesman-Review in Spokane. Email: jimc@spokesman.com. Photo
When an apparently disturbed man wandered into the Spokane County Democratic Party headquarters earlier this month claiming to have a bomb and later setting parts of that building on fire, it would have been easy to say nothing good could come of this other than the fact that no one was seriously injured.
But not so fast. This is the season of miracles, and Shirley Grossman, a Democratic volunteer who was in the office that morning, had one.
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Four Charged with Arson in Separate Attacks in Minn. and Wash. December 14, 2020
Four men have been charged with arson for fires set as part of separate political protests: Three in Minnesota and a fourth in Washington state.
The three Minnesota men were indicted on federal arson charges in connection with fires that were set inside the Target corporate headquarters building during unrest that followed rumors of an August police shooting in downtown Minneapolis.
A 45-year-old man from Grand Coulee, Washington was identified by police on Thursday as the man who threatened to blow up the office of the Spokane County Democrats because he was upset at the whole government system.
A man who walked into the headquarters of the Spokane County Democratic Party on Wednesday, claiming to have a bomb, described himself as a "lone wolf" and said he "was mad at the entire government …