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Feds seek help in identifying Kenosha arson suspects

By: Associated Press//October 5, 2020//

Feds seek help in identifying Kenosha arson suspects

By: Associated Press//October 5, 2020//

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal authorities announced Friday they are offering rewards up to $5,000 to people who can help identify suspects who set businesses and vehicles on fire last month in Kenosha after a police shooting led to several nights of unrest.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released videos and pictures of so-called persons of interest in arson cases that took place after Jacob Blake was shot on Aug. 23.

“Arson is a very serious and violent crime as it is a danger to the whole community and federal convictions may result in a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of twenty years in prison,” said ATF agent Kristen de Tineo.

The protests erupted after a white Kenosha police officer shot Blake, who is Black, seven times in the back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

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