ATLANTA (AP) — 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.
FILE - This photo taken by a smart phone shows a building that houses offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback,File)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A few inches here and some smarter baserunning by Victor Mesa Jr. there, and the Tampa Bay Rays might have won the World Series opener.
Mesa and Jonathan Aranda were caught stealing in consecutive innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers got a pair of run-scoring hits in a two-pitch span when hard-hit balls glanced off the gloves of center fielder Jonny DeLuca and shortstop Taylor Walls in the first.
Milwaukee came away with a 3-2 win Friday night, winning on the margins and taking advantage of the types of mistakes the Rays usually pounce on to beat opponents.
“Definitely have to be smart. We talked about that coming in,” Tampa Bay outfielder Chandler Simpson said. “They just played the game better than us today.”
DeLuca missed his attempt at a diving catch on Christian Yelich’s one-out drive in the first inning with Jackson Chourio on first base. Yelich hit an 0-2 cutter to the right-center gap and DeLuca sprinted 85 feet and sprawled. The ball bounced off his glove in front of the warning track and rolled to the wall for a go-ahead triple.
“You can’t be perfect in this game,” DeLuca said. “You’re going to fail a lot more than you’re going to succeed.”
Rays manager Kevin Cash didn't view it as a failure.
“Jonny covered a lot of ground right there to even make that play close," he said. “Highlight-reel play.”
With the infield in, William Contreras lined the next pitch at 108.4 mph. The ball glanced off the webbing of Walls' glove and into left field for an RBI single and a 2-0 lead.
“We gave ourselves plenty of opportunities, put ourselves in really good positions to score runs, to prevent runs,” Walls said. “We had some good plays where we did prevent some, and then we had some that we were inches away from maybe saving a couple more.”
With the Rays trailing 2-1 after Liam Hicks' RBI groundout in the fourth, Mesa was caught stealing third for the final out of the fifth with Yandy Díaz at the plate.
“Victor is really competing, trying to do something to make something happen, put a little pressure on the defense,” Cash said, “and it didn’t work in our favor.”
One inning later, Aranda was thrown out trying to swipe second as Simpson struck out on a low slider for an inning-ending double play.
“That’s on me, ultimately. So much trust in Chandler putting the ball in play,” Cash said. “But he had a pretty nasty pitch.”
Brewers catcher William Contreras had an excellent 1.49-second pop time in throwing out Mesa.
“Not surprised by anything that he did, but that’s not going to change our aggressive approach, certainly on the bases,” Cash said.
Tampa Bay went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position while Milwaukee was 2 for 8. The Rays led the major leagues with a .283 RISP average during the season and the Brewers were second at .276.
“They play the same type of game we play, so we know it’s going to be close, like today was, and we're expecting that all throughout the Series,” Simpson said. “We've got to continue to play our game the best that we can and we should come out on top most of the time.”
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Milwaukee Brewers' David Hamilton is tagged out by Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero trying to advance on a double during the fifth inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, in Milwaukee, between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash pulls Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Garrett Cleavinger from the game during the eighth inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, in Milwaukee, between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda (8) is caught stealing by Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Cooper Pratt during the sixth inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, in Milwaukee, between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Tampa Bay Rays' Victor Mesa Jr. is tagged out stealing by Milwaukee Brewers third baseman David Hamilton during the fifth inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, in Milwaukee, between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
