Melquan Barnett pleaded guilty to setting fire to a Pennsylvania coffee shop during the George Floyd protests. No one was injured in the coffee shop fire.
A man accused of setting fire to acoffee shop during 2020 demonstrations following the death of George Floyd has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of malicious destruction of property by fire.
Melquan Barnett, 30, entered the plea Wednesday as part of a deal with prosecutors that calls for them to recommend no more than a five-year federal prison term when he is sentenced May 2, the Erie Times-News reported. The FBI accused Barnett of lighting fire to"an ignitable liquid" tossed onto a countertop at Ember + Forge in Erie shortly after May 2020 protests were followed by rioting. The front window of the shop had already been broken. Apartments above the shop were occupied at the time but no one was injured.
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