Overview
- Judge Tricia Walker imposed seven years of prison time followed by seven years of extended supervision for 20-year-old Caiden Stachowicz.
- Stachowicz pleaded no contest to arson in November under a deal that dropped burglary and property-damage counts.
- According to the criminal complaint, he told police he set the January 19, 2025 fire in protest of Rep. Glenn Grothman’s vote backing TikTok-related legislation.
- Prosecutors said he failed to break a window, then poured gasoline on an electrical box and along the building before igniting it; no injuries were reported.
- Fond du Lac District Attorney Eric Toney said the punishment is meant to deter politically motivated violence, and the court ordered more than $15,000 in restitution and mental-health treatment.