43岁的前美国陆军士兵Andrew Arrabaca因在曼哈顿联邦办公楼外实施纵火袭击而被控纵火或爆炸损毁美国政府财产罪 [1]。检察官称这场周一上午发生的袭击造成3人轻伤，其中包括在大楼参加移民法庭听证的人士 [1]。
根据控方指控，Arrabaca从1月起就开始筹划这次袭击，前往纽约州和宾州购买武器和烟火 [1]。他携带的物品包括2把斧头、3把固定刀片刀、1把锤子、1把大砍刀，以及装有"冰（移民与海关执法局）滚出我们的街道"标语的推车 [1]。检察官描述这次袭击计划"周密、有针对性且不可接受地危险" [1]。
联邦法官Robyn F. Tarnofsky以Arrabaca对社区构成危害且可能是逃亡风险为由拒绝保释 [1]。根据相关法律，纵火或爆炸损毁美国政府财产罪的最低刑期为7年监禁 [1]。法官命令将其羁押在联邦监狱接受精神评估，拒绝将其送至退伍军人医疗设施精神病房 [1]。
记录显示，Arrabaca从2001年至2004年在军队服役，主要工作是修复爱国者导弹系统 [1]。他从2020年开始接受处方精神健康用药，但约一年后停用 [1]。
A 43-year-old former U.S. Army soldier has been charged with arson following a fiery attack on a Manhattan federal building housing an immigration court [1]. Andrew Arrabaca was arrested after the incident, which occurred Monday morning at 26 Federal Plaza [1].
Prosecutors allege that Arrabaca meticulously planned the assault over several months, beginning in January [1]. He traveled to New York and Pennsylvania to acquire weapons and fireworks, ultimately arriving at the scene carrying two axes, three fixed-blade knives, a hammer, a machete, gasoline, fireworks, and a cart bearing the message "ICE off our streets," referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement [1].
The attack injured three people, including individuals present for immigration court proceedings [1]. Prosecutors characterized the incident as "calculated, targeted and unacceptably dangerous" [1].
Federal Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky denied bail, citing Arrabaca's danger to the community and flight risk [1]. The judge ordered him held in federal custody pending mental health evaluation, rejecting a proposal to place him in a veterans' psychiatric ward [1]. Arrabaca had taken prescription psychiatric medication beginning in 2020 but discontinued treatment approximately one year later [1].
According to military records, Arrabaca served in the Army from 2001 to 2004, working on Patriot missile system repairs [1]. The arson charge carries a minimum sentence of seven years imprisonment [1].