US prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Wisconsin man with setting a conservative anti-abortion group’s workplace on hearth in Might, simply days after a leaked draft of the US Supreme Courtroom’s ruling overturning the nationwide proper to abortion was made public.
Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury was arrested in Massachusetts after authorities mentioned DNA from a thrown-away bag containing {a partially} eaten burrito had helped them determine who triggered the Might 8 hearth at Wisconsin Household Motion’s workplace.
Roychowdhury, who in line with court docket papers lives in Madison, Wisconsin, was charged in a prison criticism with maliciously trying to break and destroy the group’s constructing. His lawyer didn’t reply to a request for remark.
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When was this fireplace began?
The fireplace at Wisconsin Household Motion’s workplace occurred simply days after Politico on Might 2 printed a draft of the US Supreme Courtroom’s blockbuster ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade choice that had legalized abortion nationwide.
The draft opinion, authored by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, set off a political firestorm, with abortion-rights supporters staging protests nationwide. It was solely marginally totally different than the ultimate choice issued on June 24.
Wisconsin Household Motion says its mission is to “advance Judeo-Christian ideas and values in Wisconsin by strengthening, preserving, and selling marriage, household, life, and liberty.”
The group, which opposes abortion, didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Police have beforehand mentioned {that a} Molotov cocktail was thrown inside its constructing however that it had not ignited and that it appeared a separate hearth was began. Graffiti saying “if abortions aren’t protected, you then aren’t both” was left behind.
In keeping with Tuesday’s criticism, investigators recovered DNA from that Molotov cocktail, a constructing window, and a lighter that matched Roychowdhury’s DNA, which legislation enforcement recovered from a thrown-away burrito meal.
Regulation enforcement recognized Roychowdhury as a suspect after investigating a separate graffiti incident on the Wisconsin State Capitol and tracing a truck utilized by the suspects to a home through which Roychowdhury resides.