Overview

• Federal prosecutors say Tillman crashed his car into the lobby of the Almaden Valley Post Office and then ignited lighter-fluid-soaked “instalogs” inside the vehicle while livestreaming on his YouTube channel “MepapasSon13.”
• Court filings state he spray-painted the words “Viva La Me” on the building’s front after the fire became too intense to finish his intended message.
• He told San Jose police officers that the attack was intended as “a statement to the United States Government,” according to United States Postal Inspector Shannon Roark.
• Tillman remains in federal custody after making his first appearance before Judge Virginia DeMarchi and is scheduled for a status conference on August 6.
• The Department of Justice says he faces a minimum five-year prison term and up to 20 years with a $250,000 fine if convicted of malicious destruction of government property by fire.