"He told the officer that he started the fire because he doesn't like Grothman, according to the complaint. He initially planned to break into the office and start the fire inside but he couldn't break the window, so he poured gas on an electrical box behind the building and around the front of the building, lit a match and watched it burn, according to the complaint."
"He said he wanted to burn down the office because the federal government was shutting down TikTok in violation of his constitutional rights and peace was not longer an option, the complaint states. He added that Grothman voted for the shutdown, but he didn't want to hurt Grothman or anyone else."
"Stachowicz, of Menasha, pleaded no contest to an arson charge in November. Prosecutors dropped burglary and property damage counts in exchange for Stachowicz's no contest plea, which isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for the purposes of sentencing."
Caiden Stachowicz, a 20-year-old from Menasha, Wisconsin, pleaded no contest to arson charges and received a seven-year prison sentence plus seven years of extended supervision. On January 19, 2025, Stachowicz set fire to an electrical box outside Republican U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman's office in Fond du Lac. He told police he committed the act because he opposed the federal government's actions regarding TikTok and believed Grothman voted to shut down the platform, violating his constitutional rights. Stachowicz stated he initially intended to break into the office but was unable to, so he poured gasoline around the building's exterior instead. He claimed he did not intend to harm anyone. Prosecutors dropped burglary and property damage charges in exchange for his no contest plea.
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