One charge of “making terrorist threats” was dropped against a man accused of setting a fire outside a congressman’s office building because he was angry over the TikTok ban.Caiden Stachowicz appeared in Fond du Lac County court Thursday to face multiple charges,
Glenn Grothman where a fire was started over the weekend (WISN/YouTube). The office of a congressman in Wisconsin was targeted in an arson attack sparked by a 19-year-old man upset over the “recent talks of a TikTok ban,” according to police.
No one was injured. The building, which includes a district office of a Wisconsin congressman who has been a critic of TikTok, sustained moderate damage in the fire on Sunday.
A 19-year-old Menasha man was charged Wednesday with setting a fire at the office of Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman in Fond du Lac over the nationwide TikTok ban.
Fond du Lac Fire Rescue put out a fire at a strip mall early Sunday morning that they say "appears to be suspicious in nature".
A Wisconsin teen set fire to a local Republican congressman’s office Sunday in a fit of rage over the TikTok ban, authorities say.
Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman's office because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban with felony arson.
A 19-year-old Menasha man is accused of setting a fire at a building in Fond du Lac where U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman has an office. When police arrested the suspect nearby, he admitted to starting the fire in response to recent talks of a TikTok ban.
Glenn Grothman's office cited the TikTok ban as a motive in the incident, according to authorities. The Fond du Lac Police Department said the Menasha man was arrested after being found near a ...
Police said a Wisconsin man admitted to setting a congressman's district office on fire after the popular social media app TikTok went dark in the United States.
Caiden Stachowicz, 19, faces four charges in connection with the Jan. 19 fire: arson, attempted burglary, criminal damage to property, and terrorist threats.
The man suspected of setting fire to US Rep. Glenn Grothman's office Jan. 19 made his first appearance in court Jan. 22. Here's what we know.