KVUE: “Arson investigators have arrested a man they believe placed a Molotov cocktail and a “threatening note” inside the Travis County Democratic Party headquarters in Downtown Austin in the early-morning hours of Sept. 29.
A small fire broke out just after 2:15 a.m. at the headquarters located at 1311 E. Sixth St., and employees in the neighboring businesses called 911 and put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.
Faircloth, a 30-year-old man, was booked Friday morning on a second-degree felony arson charge and a third-degree felony charge for carrying a prohibited weapon, the Molotov cocktail.
The arson charge carries a prison sentence of two to 20 years, AFD said.
“I wanna make something very clear though,” said Katie Naranjo, the Travis County Democratic Party Chair, on the day of the fire. “This was an attack.””