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.
The man was arrested Sunday, shortly after crews extinguished a fire at U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman's office, located at a strip mall on N. Peters Ave.
The fire began outside the building – which was unoccupied at the time – and caused minor damage before it was extinguished. No injuries were reported.
TikTok briefly went offline in the United States over the weekend due to the ban that was set to go into effect on Sunday before Donald Trump pledged to
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.
The small fire started outside the building, causing minor damage before it was swiftly brought under control by Fond du Lac police and firefighters who responded to the scene.
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WLUK) -- The man accused of setting fire to a Northeast Wisconsin congressman's office over the short-lived TikTok ban appeared in court Wednesday. Caiden Stachowicz, 19, of Menasha, is charged with arson, attempted burglary, criminal damage to property and terrorist threats.
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. Prosecutors charged Caiden Stachowicz with arson of a building, terrorist threats, attempted ...
Caden Stachowicz, 19, of Menasha, is charged with arson, making terrorist threats, attempted burglary and criminal damage.
The incident occurred shortly around 1 a.m. on Sunday after the popular app had gone dark, according to the police.
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.
A Wisconsin man was apparently upset over the on again/off again TikTok ban and allegedly set Rep. Glenn Grothman's district office on fire: The Fond du Lac Police Department said the Menasha man was arrested after being found near a strip mall, 525 N. Peters Ave., that contained Grothman's district office.