Georgia man charged with throwing Molotov cocktail at Atlanta ICE building

A 31-year-old Georgia man was charged Friday after he allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in downtown Atlanta.

Inique Hinton, of Douglasville, Georgia, was charged with attempted arson of a federal building and depredation of government property, according to U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg.

Security cameras allegedly caught Hinton igniting an item and then throwing it toward the multistory brick building Tuesday night, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. It hit the fence and caused flames to spread, the statement said.

Investigators later found burned cloth, lighter fluid, a glass bottle and a lighter at the scene, the office said.

Court records don’t list an attorney for Hinton. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and a public defender’s office did not immediately respond to emails asking if he had an attorney.

Hertzberg described law enforcement’s quick work to find the suspect as “exemplary.”

“We are going to respond with extreme severity when it comes to prosecuting this conduct because we need to send a message that this is not OK,” he said during a news conference.

Hinton was arrested at a home in a suburb of Atlanta and was taken into custody peacefully, according to officials.

Hertzberg said he was not aware of Hinton having a history of criminal convictions.

If convicted, Hinton faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the arson charge and up to 10 years for the depredation charge, according to Hertzberg.

The building is surrounded by a metal fence and contains offices for ICE as well as an immigration court.

一名 31 岁的佐治亚州男子周五被指控向位于亚特兰大市中心的美国移民和海关执法局大楼投掷燃烧弹。

据美国检察官西奥多·S·赫茨伯格称，来自佐治亚州道格拉斯维尔的伊尼克·欣顿被指控企图纵火焚烧联邦大楼和破坏政府财产。

据美国佐治亚州北区检察官办公室发布的一份声明称，监控录像显示，周二晚间，辛顿点燃了一个物品，然后将其扔向一栋多层砖砌建筑。声明称，该物品击中围栏后引发火势蔓延。

警方称，调查人员随后在现场发现了烧焦的布料、打火机油、一个玻璃瓶和一个打火机。

法庭记录中没有列出欣顿的律师。美国检察官办公室和公设辩护人办公室均未立即回复询问他是否聘请了律师的电子邮件。

赫茨伯格称赞执法部门迅速找到嫌疑人的工作“堪称典范”。

他在新闻发布会上说：“我们将以极其严厉的手段来惩处这种行为，因为我们需要发出一个明确的信息：这种行为是绝对不能接受的。”

据官方消息，欣顿在亚特兰大郊区的一处住宅内被捕，并被和平拘留。

赫茨伯格表示，他并不知道欣顿有犯罪记录。

赫茨伯格表示，如果罪名成立，辛顿将因纵火罪面临最高 20 年的联邦监狱刑期，并因破坏罪面临最高 10 年的联邦监狱刑期。

该建筑周围设有金属围栏，内有美国移民及海关执法局 (ICE) 的办公室以及移民法庭。