Crime & Safety
Bay Area Man Gets Nearly 20 Years For Firebombing UC Berkeley Patrol Car
The fires were set on June 1, 13, and 16 in 2024.
September 24, 2025
The United States Department of Justice on Tuesday said an Oakland man will serve nearly 20 years for a firebombing in Berkeley and an attempted firebombing at an Oakland federal building.
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Casey Robert Goonan, 35, was convicted in January 2025 after pleading guilty to one count of maliciously damaging or destroying property used in or affecting interstate commerce by means of fire or an explosive.
The plea agreement stated that Goonan admitted to placing six "molotovs" under a UC Berkeley Police patrol car and setting it on fire on June 1, 2024. He also admitted to trying to firebomb the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on June 11 and to setting several fires on UC Berkeley's campus.
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