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Bay Area Vandalism Suspect Held in Bulgaria in Czech Arson-Terror Case

Extradition to Czechia now looms in a cross-border investigation connecting local Wells Fargo damage to a factory fire.

Overview

  • Del Rey Oaks police named 26-year-old Nathan Limesand as the suspect in vandalism at Wells Fargo branches in Del Rey Oaks, Marina, and San Francisco, and said he is jailed in Bulgaria under a European arrest warrant.
  • Detectives say surveillance video shows the same suspect spray-painting and damaging the Del Rey Oaks branch, and they have sent the case to the Monterey County District Attorney for review.
  • Bulgarian authorities detained Limesand as he tried to travel to Turkey, and a court later approved his extradition to Czechia in the Pardubice arson probe.
  • Reports from Czech and Bulgarian outlets say the attack hit a Pardubice warehouse tied to a supplier of autonomous drones to Ukraine and caused multimillion-dollar damage to buildings and goods.
  • Bulgarian court coverage says Limesand voiced pro-Palestinian remarks during proceedings and that the alleged motive cited in court reports was to stop the war in Gaza.