{"id":2215067,"date":"2024-04-07T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-arrested-for-fire-started-outside-sen-bernie-sanders-vermont-office\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T17:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:05:23","slug":"suspect-arrested-for-fire-started-outside-sen-bernie-sanders-vermont-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-arrested-for-fire-started-outside-sen-bernie-sanders-vermont-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in custody for setting fire outside Senator Bernie Sanders\u2019 office in Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuspect-arrested-for-fire-started-outside-sen-bernie-sanders-vermont-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215067&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Authorities have apprehended \u200da\u200d suspect linked\u2062 to the fire incident outside Senator\u200d Bernie \u2063Sanders&#8217; office \u2063in Vermont. The individual, \u200didentified \u2062as Shant Soghomonian (35) \u200cfrom California, was arrested for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-liberals-are-trying-to-save-themselves-from-the-far-left-ahead-of-2022\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Liberals Are Trying To Save Themselves From The Far Left Ahead Of 2022\">allegedly causing damage<\/a> by using fire at Sanders&#8217; office on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jews-attacked-on-streets-of-new-york-city-in-restaurant-by-alleged-pro-palestinian-extremists-reports\/\" title=\"Jews Attacked On Streets Of New York City, In Restaurant By Alleged Pro-Palestinian Extremists: Reports\">busy street<\/a> in Burlington. The investigation\u2062 continues \u200cto\u200d unfold. Authorities have apprehended Shant Soghomonian, a\u200b 35-year-old individual from California, in connection with the \u2062fire outside Senator Bernie Sanders&#8217; office in Vermont. \u2062Soghomonian\u2064 stands accused of using fire to \u2063cause \u200ddamage at\u200c Sanders&#8217; office located\u200b on\u200b a\u2062 bustling street in Burlington.\u2063 The investigation into the\u2064 incident is ongoing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A suspect in connection to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2955516\/fire-outside-bernie-sanders-burlington-office-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fire<\/a> set outside of Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) office in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vermont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vermont<\/a> has been arrested. <\/p>\n<p>Shant Soghomonian, 35, also known as Michael Soghomonian from California, was arrested in connection to \u201cusing fire to damage a building\u201d in Sanders\u2019s office on a high-foot traffic street in Burlington, Vermont, the Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-vt\/pr\/suspect-arrested-arson-burlington-office-senator-sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced Sunday. \">announced Sunday. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to court records, Soghomonian entered the building Friday morning and went to the floor where Sanders\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>The door frame was damaged, and sprinklers were triggered inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-to-new-life-in-the-new-year\/\" title=\"Here's to New Life in the New Year\">building due<\/a> to the fire. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found \u201ca fire in the vestibule between the elevator and the entrance door to [Sanders\u2019] office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Sanders employees were in the building at the time, but no one was injured.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply grateful to the swift, professional, coordinated efforts of local, state, and federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>law enforcement<\/a> in response to the fire at my Vermont office on Friday,\u201d A Sanders statement on the fire said. \u201cI am also thankful that none of the many people who were in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-controversial-biden-pick-as-dhs-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate confirms controversial Biden pick as DHS secretary\">office building<\/a> at the time of the fire were injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A motive for the attack remains <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fire-office-sen-bernie-sanders-burlington-vermont-687ac8029cc31b3e950f00923d3ff7e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>unclear<\/a>. If Soghomonian is found guilty, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, with a fine of up to $250,500. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suspect, identified as Shant Soghomonian (35) from California, has been arrested for allegedly starting a fire outside Senator Bernie Sanders\u2019 office in Burlington, Vermont. The incident involved \u201cusing fire to damage a building\u201d on a bustling street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2215068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bernie-sanders-1024x586.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bernie-sanders-1024x586.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}