2 Accused of Lighting Firework in Harvard Lab Building

"Logan David Patterson, 18, and Dominick Frank Cardoza, 20, are charged with "conspiracy to damage, by means of fire or an explosive, a building owned or possessed by, or leased to, an institution or organization receiving Federal financial assistance, and used in interstate commerce." It's unclear whether they have lawyers. An FBI special agent wrote in an affidavit that security cameras captured two masked men "lighting what appear to be roman candle fireworks at approximately 2:24 a.m." Saturday."

"Investigators determined something exploded in a wooden locker in a neurobiology lab, the agent wrote, and "although analysis of the explosive is ongoing, an FBI Bomb Technician has inspected the explosive and believes it to be a pyrotechnic device (specifically, a large, commercial firework)." Cameras later caught the suspects unsuccessfully trying to enter a "residential campus building" at the Wentworth Institute of Technology."

Two Massachusetts men, Logan David Patterson, 18, and Dominick Frank Cardoza, 20, are charged with conspiracy to damage a federally assisted institution by means of fire or an explosive after an incident at a Harvard Medical School neuroscience building on Halloween night. Security footage showed two masked men lighting what appeared to be roman candle fireworks, climbing scaffolding to reach the Goldenson Building roof, and a later fire alarm. Investigators found an explosion in a wooden locker inside a neurobiology lab; an FBI Bomb Technician identified the device as a large commercial firework. The suspects were later seen near Wentworth Institute and were identified by students and visitors. Harvard reported no injuries or structural damage and said labs and equipment remain intact. It is unclear whether the men have attorneys.

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