Man in custody for setting fire outside Senator Bernie Sanders’ office in Vermont
Authorities have apprehended a suspect linked to the fire incident outside Senator Bernie Sanders’ office in Vermont. The individual, identified as Shant Soghomonian (35) from California, was arrested for allegedly causing damage by using fire at Sanders’ office on a busy street in Burlington. The investigation continues to unfold. Authorities have apprehended Shant Soghomonian, a 35-year-old individual from California, in connection with the fire outside Senator Bernie Sanders’ office in Vermont. Soghomonian stands accused of using fire to cause damage at Sanders’ office located on a bustling street in Burlington. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
A suspect in connection to the fire set outside of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) office in Vermont has been arrested.
Shant Soghomonian, 35, also known as Michael Soghomonian from California, was arrested in connection to “using fire to damage a building” in Sanders’s office on a high-foot traffic street in Burlington, Vermont, the Department of Justice announced Sunday.
According to court records, Soghomonian entered the building Friday morning and went to the floor where Sanders’ office is located. There, security footage allegedly showed him spraying a liquid on the outer door before using a hand-held lighter to light the area aflame.
The door frame was damaged, and sprinklers were triggered inside the building due to the fire. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found “a fire in the vestibule between the elevator and the entrance door to [Sanders’] office.”
Multiple Sanders employees were in the building at the time, but no one was injured.
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“I am deeply grateful to the swift, professional, coordinated efforts of local, state, and federal law enforcement in response to the fire at my Vermont office on Friday,” A Sanders statement on the fire said. “I am also thankful that none of the many people who were in the office building at the time of the fire were injured.”
A motive for the attack remains unclear. If Soghomonian is found guilty, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, with a fine of up to $250,500.
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