SPOKANE, Wash. — A man was arrested over the weekend for lighting a molotov cocktail at at the Spokane protest for George Floyd. Fifteen others were also arrested at the protests over the course of Sunday and Monday.
Gene Gallagher, 33, was arrested on charges of possession of an incendiary device, assault in the 2nd degree with the intent to commit a felony, and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
Steven Tharaldson, 40, was arrested for commercial burglary in the second degree and commercial arson. According to an affidavit filed in Spokane County, a sheriff's deputy said they saw Tharaldson allegedly yelling "F--- this place" outside of the Spokane County Public Defender's Office as he kicked the door. The affidavit also states that Tharaldson allegedly said that he was "going to break in and burn that motherf----- down," and deputies said they found two lighters nearby.
Overall there were nine people arrested for disorderly conduct, two for failure to disperse, one person arrested for unlawful assembly, another for malicious mischief, and one for a hit and run and driving without a license.
One of the people arrested for a charge of second-degree malicious mischief was 19-year-old Miles Crane, who police claim damaged a police vehicle using a steel barricade, according to an affidavit filed in Spokane County. Zaxch Hasbrouk, 31, was also arrested on a charge of malicious mischief for allegedly breaking a window at a downtown Jack-in-the-Box using a rock, according to another affidavit filed in Spokane County.