WI man arrested for Molotov cocktail of anti-abortion group after extracting DNA from half-eaten burrito

a Wisconsin A year after bombing an anti-abortion group, a man was arrested at Boston airport with a one-way ticket to Guatemala.

Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, said DNA from a half-eaten burrito was what made him crime.

He was charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by fire or explosives. He made his first appearance in federal court in Boston on Tuesday.

If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison.

federal investigators Been looking for him for almost a year for throwing a Molotov cocktail into the Wisconsin Family Action Office in Madison on May 6, 2022. One of his Molotov cocktails failed to ignite, and another of his set the bookshelf on fire.

The message, “If abortion isn’t safe, neither are you,” was spray-painted on the exterior of the building.

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Federal agents have been hunting him for almost a year for throwing two Molotov cocktails into the Wisconsin Family Action Office in Madison on May 6, 2022 (pictured). One of his Molotov cocktails failed to ignite.Another set fire to the bookshelf

In January of this year, police assigned to protect Madison’s state capitol reviewed surveillance videos of protests against police brutality. Footage showed several people spray-painting graffiti on the Capitol grounds, similar to the graffiti by the Wisconsin Office of Family Action.

According to the complaint, footage showed the two men leaving the area in a white pickup truck, which investigators tracked to Roy Chowdhury’s residence in Madison. started.

On March 1, investigators saw the suspect drive into a Park and Ride in Madison and dump a bag of fast food. After he left, police pulled the contents of a bag containing a partially eaten burrito wrapped in wax paper from a trash can.

Seventeen days later, DNA found in the burrito was found to match DNA taken from the Wisconsin Family Action Office, according to the complaint.

The message, “If abortion isn’t safe, neither are you,” was spray-painted on the exterior of the building.

The Antifa symbol was also spray painted on the building (pictured)

According to the criminal complaint against Roychowdury, investigators pulled DNA samples from three individuals from evidence at the Wisconsin attack site. However, the samples did not match profiles in the U.S. Department of Justice’s DNA database.

The first swabs of DNA (identified as Male 1) were found in cocktail bottles, lighters inside, and cloth. However, federal and local authorities spent months searching for Roichou Dury because it was not registered in the national database.

Investigators were unable to match two other DNA profiles from the scene with anyone.

In a statement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Roychowdhury traveled from Madison to Portland, Maine, this month. I was scheduled to leave in the morning of

Roychowdhury was a research assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but resigned after the attack.

The attack comes about a week after the Supreme Court leaked a draft opinion suggesting it overturn Roe v. Wade, the ruling legalizing abortion.

The release sparked protests across the country by abortion rights advocates. Two Catholic Churches Destroyed in Colorado The days leading up to the incendiary bombing of Madison. And a few days later, someone threw a Molotov cocktail into the offices of an anti-abortion organization outside Salem, Oregon.

of Court formally overturned Roe v. Wade in Junereinstated Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban.

The damage was discovered on Mother’s Day morning when a passerby called the police and reported seeing smoke coming from the headquarters of an anti-abortion group.

The Antifa symbol (capital ‘A’ in a circle) was also scribbled on the wall, as was the number 1312, the ACAB code for ‘All Cops Are Bastards’.

The damage was discovered on Mother’s Day morning when a passerby called police and reported seeing smoke coming from the headquarters of an anti-abortion group (pictured).

Julane Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action, said: Wisconsin State Journal When windows were smashed, books were burned, and walls were graffitied.

“What you see here is a direct threat to us,” Appling told the paper at the time. “Imagine someone was in the office when this happened. They hurt. I guess.

Over time, Appling offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. She accused Democratic Governor Tony Evers and Madison Police Chief Sean Burns of being more interested in sympathizing with abortion rights activists than bringing suspects to justice.

Appling did not comment Tuesday on Roychowdhury’s arrest.

William McCrary, a special agent with the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Administration, said, “I am very proud of the tireless and decisive efforts of a joint federal, state and local team to identify and apprehend this individual. I think,” he said. The St. Paul Field Division of the Explosives, which handles crime in Wisconsin. “We are very pleased to confirm that this suspect has been taken into custody.”