Overview
- Security footage showed a person ignite and throw an incendiary device that struck the fence of the ICE facility at 180 Ted Turner Drive on Tuesday night and caused flames to spread.
- Federal agents arrested 31‑year‑old Inique Hinton at a Cobb County residence on Friday and officials said he surrendered peacefully without incident.
- Hinton was federally charged with attempted arson of a federal building and depredation of government property and faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 20 years for the arson count plus up to 10 years for the property count.
- Investigators recovered burned cloth, lighter fluid, a glass bottle and a lighter at the scene and said FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force teams, Homeland Security Investigations, Atlanta police and state partners executed search warrants as the probe continues.
- Authorities have not announced a motive and said the building’s role housing ICE offices and an immigration court raises operational and safety concerns while federal prosecutors prepare to pursue the case.