A 19-year-old man in Wisconsin has been charged with arson after police in Fond du Lac allege he set fire to a local congressman's office and cited this weekend's short-lived TikTok ban.
Police and fire personnel responded to the report of a fire at the strip mall containing the congressman's office at around 1 a.m. Sunday.
The fire began outside the building – which was unoccupied at the time – and caused minor damage before it was extinguished. No injuries were reported.
Prosecutors charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman’s office because he was upset with the federal TikTok ... of Menasha, was scheduled to make ...
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WLUK) -- The man accused of setting fire to a Northeast Wisconsin congressman's office over the short-lived TikTok ban appeared in court Wednesday. Caiden Stachowicz, 19, of Menasha, is charged with arson, attempted burglary, criminal damage to property and terrorist threats.
A 19-year-old Menasha man was charged Wednesday with setting a fire at the office of Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman in Fond du Lac over the nationwide TikTok ban.
A judge set a $500,000 cash bond on Wednesday for a man accused of setting a fire near U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman’s office.
Caden Stachowicz, 19, of Menasha, is charged with arson, making terrorist threats, attempted burglary and criminal damage.
The man contended the shutdown violated his constitutional rights and no longer believes peaceful protest is an option.
🚨 JUST IN: A 19-year-old man has been arrested for SETTING FIRE to WI Congressman Glenn Grothman’s office over the TikTok ban TikTok has been cited as the cause for several 911 calls across the country from people in distress about the ban.
Police said a Wisconsin man admitted to setting a congressman's district office on fire after the popular social media app TikTok went dark in the United States.
The office of a congressman in Wisconsin was targeted in an arson attack over the weekend, which was sparked by a 19-year-old man upset over the "recent talks of a TikTok ban," according to police.