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At least seven people have been charged in connection with alleged pro-Antifa vandalism of federal buildings in Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve, police said.
Dozens of black-clad demonstrators swarmed a trio of federal buildings in the City of Brotherly Love on Thursday night, according to police. The buildings included the Robert Nix Building and other federal facilities.
Graffiti messages included the acronym ACAB, which stands for all cops are bastards, which was sprayed on a sheriff’s vehicle, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Suspects from left to right Top: Adam McVicker, 25; Dustin Callahan, 24; Allison Donohue, 23; Josey Augustine, 31; Bottom: Jacob Robotin, 25; Sydney Miller, 22, Meredith Tooker, 26
Seven Charged with Felonies in Vandalism to Federal Buildings in Philadelphia January 6, 2021
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.
Police, however, are not sure if the attacks were related to organized groups or tied to Antifa.
Police said Dustin Callahan, 24 of Farmingdale, was part of a large disorderly crowd at 8th and Market streets in Center City. The crowd included Adam McVicker, 25, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, who police said Adam McVicker, 25, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania,
Callahan, McVicker and the others ran away, police said.
McVicker, Callahan, Allison Donohue, 23, of Wallingford, Pennsylvania, and Josey Augustine, 31, of Royersford, Pennsylvania, were charged with criminal mischief.
A pile of bricks was found in front of the Nix building and the protester who threw the brick was found with a yellow spray paint can and a pot lid, police said.
Seven people were charged and numerous suspicious devices were seized by authorities following two separate incidents of vandalism of federal buildings on New Year s Eve in Philadelphia.A man seen tossing a brick through the window .