Crime · Atlanta, GA
Man Arrested for Alleged Molotov Cocktail Attack on Atlanta ICE Building
A 31-year-old Douglasville man was arrested shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at a Cobb County home on federal charges of attempted arson and damaging government property after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at an ICE facility at 180 Ted Turner Drive in Downtown Atlanta. Investigators recovered burned cloth, lighter fluid, a glass bottle, and a lighter at the scene. The multi-agency investigation involved the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations, Atlanta Police Department, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and Georgia State Patrol. Authorities have not established a motive or confirmed whether the suspect acted alone.