A judge sentenced an Oakland, California, man to more than 19 years in federal prison for committing a series of arsons and fire bombings at the University of California–Berkeley, and a federal building in June 2024, officials announced Sept. 23.
District Judge Jeffrey White called Casey Robert Goonan, 35, a domestic terrorist, finding he committed a felony offense that involved, or was intended to promote, terrorism, prosecutors reported.
Goonan said the attacks were inspired by terrorist group Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, according to prosecutors.
Goonan also said he called on others to attack property on San Francisco Bay Area college campuses in support of Palestinians, prosecutors said….