"7 Tillman intentionally set fire to the San Jose post office in July 2025."
Posted on 06/17/2026 4:59:13 AM PDT by DFG
The brother of late war hero and NFL star Pat Tillman was sentenced to five years behind bars after admitting to firebombing a San Jose post office in a twisted effort to send a message to the government.
Richard Tillman, 45, was hit with the sentence Monday after using his car to intentionally set fire to the San Jose post office on Crown Boulevard on July 20, 2025, in order “make a point to the United States government,” federal officials said.
Authorities said Richard Tillman drove his car to the post office after purchasing firelogs and lighter fluid. He then crashed his vehicle through the front doors of the building before spreading lighter fluid throughout the car, lighting it on fire and fleeing the scene, officials said.
The lobby of the post office quickly went up in flames, completely destroying the space. The lobby has remained closed ever since.
Judge Edward J. Davila also sentenced Richard Tillman to an additional three-year period of supervised release, and ordered him to pay restitution of more than $2 million to the US Postal Service, according to NBC Bay Area.
He was immediately remanded into custody.
In February, Richard Tillman pleaded guilty to one count of malicious destruction of government property by fire.
He was arrested after the bombing and spent more than six months in custody before police finally charged him. Tillman’s family said he struggled with “severe mental issues.”
His since-deleted YouTube page appeared to outline what he described as a mission to bring down the government, ABC7 reported.
In a July 15, 2025 video, he declared that he was going to “take down the whole system” — including the US and what he referred to as the world government.
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"7 Tillman intentionally set fire to the San Jose post office in July 2025."
Tillman’s family said he struggled with “severe mental issues.”
Yes, its called liberalism, if you know anything about the Tillman’s....
She’s right.
I would believe the family here. This poor nut needs help for himself away from others, not the prison environment.
Add the component of mental illness to that and it’s like a moth to a flame. It’s why the left is loony. Much mental illness gets attracted to the ideology. This is a good example.
that’s my old post office. Sad.
I believe that. Only a nut would use their own car in an attempted arson, and then flee the scene thinking the police can't deduce the suspect.
Mrs. Tillman was TOTALLY CORRECT!
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