Overview
- Three out-of-state defendants — Katie Marie Kloth, Tyler John Norman, and Hannah Kass — were indicted Thursday in Cobb County on two counts of second-degree criminal damage and one count of arson each.
- Prosecutors say the group threw incendiary devices at a Brasfield & Gorrie office in May 2022 in Cobb County, damaging the building and igniting nearby land while employees were inside.
- Attorney General Chris Carr framed the case as part of a wider probe into coordinated attacks tied to Defend the Atlanta Forest, which state officials say caused more than $50 million in private property damage.
- Carr said he has appealed a Fulton County dismissal in a related case and is pressing forward in Cobb County to keep the prosecutions on track.
- Civil liberties groups have warned that using racketeering-style theories in these cases could blur the line between violent crimes and protected protest, a debate that has followed the $90 million, 85-acre training center planned on the former Old Atlanta Prison Farm.