{"id":27772,"date":"2026-08-04T21:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27772"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:56:30","slug":"suspect-in-attack-on-new-york-city-federal-building-indicted-on-arson-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27772","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in attack on New York City federal building indicted on arson charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">A federal grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday charging the man accused in a &#8220;calculated, targeted and unacceptably dangerous&#8221; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/man-accused-setting-off-incendiary-device-federal-building\/story?id=134945142\" dir=\"ltr\">attack last month at a New York City federal building<\/a> with a single count of arson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Former Army private Andrew Arrabaca &#8220;used a flammable liquid to ignite a fire at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in Manhattan, threw a firework into the fire that exploded, and lit fireworks at the Federal Building, causing injury to at least one person and substantial risk of injury to other persons, including federal employees, security guards and emergency personnel responding to the fire,&#8221; the indictment said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur \" style=\"padding-bottom:64.36363636363637%\" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/ccc1de42-2ff4-4fc8-aaac-5d6fd42149b9\/federal-plaza-1-ht-gmh-260720_1784559725033_hpMain.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/ccc1de42-2ff4-4fc8-aaac-5d6fd42149b9\/federal-plaza-1-ht-gmh-260720_1784559725033_hpMain.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/ccc1de42-2ff4-4fc8-aaac-5d6fd42149b9\/federal-plaza-1-ht-gmh-260720_1784559725033_hpMain.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/ccc1de42-2ff4-4fc8-aaac-5d6fd42149b9\/federal-plaza-1-ht-gmh-260720_1784559725033_hpMain.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR SjwtZ hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/ccc1de42-2ff4-4fc8-aaac-5d6fd42149b9\/federal-plaza-1-ht-gmh-260720_1784559725033_hpMain.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW aiQHS lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">A man with a history of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity set off an &#8220;incendiary device&#8221; outside a federal building in Manhattan, officials said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">Obtained by ABC News<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Arrabaca has not yet entered a plea. An arraignment date was not immediately scheduled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The attack on the lower Manhattan federal building was <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/new-video-shows-former-soldiers-alleged-attack-federal\/story?id=135013686\" dir=\"ltr\">caught on surveillance cameras<\/a> that showed a man in a helmet lighting fireworks, pouring gasoline onto a stairwell and lighting it and then firing a BB rifle before being tackled by a security guard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Federal prosecutors have said Arrabaca began planning the July 20 attack in January when he traveled upstate to purchase a pellet gun and BB gun and to Pennsylvania to purchase fireworks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">They also said Arrabaca told investigators he considered other locations in the city before settling on a busy employee entrance at 26 Federal Plaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday charging the man accused in a &#8220;calculated, targeted and unacceptably dangerous&#8221; attack last month at a New York City federal building with a single count of arson. 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