The fire began outside the building – which was unoccupied at the time – and caused minor damage before it was extinguished. No injuries were reported.
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.
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 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.
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 Wisconsin man was arrested in the early morning hours of Sunday for setting first to an office leased by a member of Congress in the city of Fond Du Lac. The unnamed man reportedly told police he was upset about the 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 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.
A Menasha man accused of setting fire to an office space leased to U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman over the short-lived TikTok ban appeared in court on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
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 Wisconsin teen set fire to a local Republican congressman’s office Sunday in a fit of rage over the TikTok ban, authorities say.
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.