Rioter Who Torched 5 Seattle Cop Cars Pleads Guilty To Federal Arson Charge [Seattle]

Police Tribune ^ | 10/09/2021 | Holly Matkin

[simpson96]

Seattle, WA – A rioter who torched five Seattle Police Department (SPD) patrol vehicles during a violent uprising last year has pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge.

Margaret Aislinn Channon, 26, “used aerosol cans as a blowtorch” to set the five patrol vehicles ablaze as they were parked in the area of Pine and Sixth on May 20, 2020, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Western District of Washington Office.

Video footage captured the arsons, as well as images of Channon looting clothing and other items from various stores, according to court documents.

Investigators with the Seattle Police Department (SPD), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) used the footage and various social media accounts to identify Channon, who was “wearing distinctive clothing and showing tattoos on her hands and arms,” according to the press release.

She was arrested at her Tacoma home on June 11, 2020.(snip)

Although Channon, who pleaded guilty on Sept. 28, faces between five and 20 years in federal prison for the arsons, prosecutors will recommend the mandatory five-year minimum per the terms of the plea agreement.

Channon must also pay restitution for the damages she caused.

[simpson96]

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

Sentence her to 5 years per car plus the cost of each car.

[Steve_Seattle]

"A rioter who torched five Seattle Police Department (SPD) patrol vehicles during a violent uprising last year has pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge."

That's five more police cars than were destroyed during the Janaury 6th "insurrection."

[beachn4fun]

Wow! They actually charged someone out of the hundreds involved.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I’m thinking she’ll be nicknamed Large Marge in the lesbian camp, er, I mean Federal Women’s Prison.

[BenLurkin]

Feisty one.

[Gay State Conservative]

She was just speaking truth to power.The Harris/Biden Department of Just Us will give her a week of house arrest,ten hours of community service and a $25 fine.

[Toespi]

Seattle? Will be running the streets in a month.

[Steve_Seattle]

" . . . set the five patrol vehicles ablaze as they were parked in the area of Pine and Sixth on May 20, 2020 . . . "

That was five days before the death of George Floyd - I wonder what triggered THIS riot? Maybe if she'd waited a few days she would have gotten off with a lighter sentence. After all, George Floyd's death justified just about anthing! /s

[Spok]

Must not be Antifa, they’re immune by decree of the Democrats.

[DennisR]

Maggie will probably have a statue raised in her honor in that corrupt, insane, communist home town of mine.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

[KarlInOhio]

Other sites had May 30 as the date of her arson

[Vision]

They're Obama's “civilian army” and all “getting into the faces of those they disagree with” per his public direction.

[MCSETots]

Prolly get a $25 fine and time served for destroying half a million dollars worth police cruisers . ..

[Steve_Seattle]

Thanks.

[gundog]

That’s how they went after these punks. Cop cars are paid for, in part, with Fed funds. The cities/Blue States could give a sh*t.