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Pat Tillman’s Brother Held on Arson Charges After San Jose Post Office Blaze

Federal postal inspectors are probing graffiti and livestream claims, with Richard Tillman awaiting a July 23 hearing on a $60,000 bond.

Photos from the San Jose Fire Department show firefighters standing inside a post office early Sunday morning after a car crashed into it in San Jose, California.
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Overview

  • Early on July 20, San Jose responders extinguished a 3 a.m. fire after a vehicle driven into the Almaden Valley Station Post Office gutted the building and destroyed all mail with no injuries reported.
  • Richard Tillman, 44, the brother of late NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, was arrested on suspicion of arson and booked into Santa Clara County Jail on a $60,000 bond.
  • The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is treating the crash as a potentially intentional act and is examining spray-painted graffiti reading “Viva la me” alongside claims that the incident was live-streamed.
  • The USPS has directed customers served by the damaged Almaden station to pick up PO box and notice-left mail at the Willow Glen Post Office, requiring photo ID for collection.
  • The case has renewed public attention to the Tillman family’s legacy as federal investigators continue to probe motive ahead of Tillman’s July 23 court appearance.