Overview
- The defendants broke into the Goldenson Building at Harvard Medical School and set off a commercial firework inside a locker, causing an explosion that damaged property but did not injure anyone.
- Surveillance video and an FBI affidavit tracked the pair in the Longwood area before the blast and showed them climbing into a construction area and fleeing after the device exploded on Nov. 1, 2025.
- Federal agents arrested the two men three days after the incident and they pleaded guilty in April to conspiring to damage a building by means of fire and an explosive.
- Prosecutors had asked for three years of probation with six months of home confinement and about $28,517 in restitution, but U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley sentenced each man to three years of probation, 300 hours of community service and joint restitution of $28,517.70 while declining home confinement.
- The sentence spares the men prison time but leaves them with felony records, required apology letters to Harvard, and financial and probationary obligations that could affect work and education paths.