Irvine Man Gets 6 Years in Prison for Firebombing Clinic, Plotting Electrical Substation Attack
Published on May 31, 2024
An Irvine, California, man was sentenced to six years in federal prison May 30 for firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic and planning an attack on an electrical substation. Tibet Ergul, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, who also ordered him to pay $1,000 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Mr. Ergul pleaded guilty Feb. 29 for the 2022 firebombing of the Costa Mesa clinic and conspiracy to damage the energy facility in Orange County. Two other men—Chance Brannon, 24, of San Juan Capistrano, and Xavier Batten, 21, of Brooksville, Florida—also pleaded guilty in November 2023 and January 2024, respectively, to charges related to the firebombing....