FOND DU LAC, Wisc. – The TikTok ban has been cited as a 19-year-old suspect’s reason for setting a U.S. congressman’s office on fire in Fond du Lac early Sunday morning. Fond du Lac Police Department said the Menasha man was arrested early Sunday ...

One charge of “making terrorist threats” was dropped against a man accused of setting a fire outside a congressman’s office building because he was angry over the TikTok ban.

FOND DU LAC, Wisc. – The TikTok ban has been cited as a 19-year-old suspect’s reason for setting a U.S. congressman’s office on fire in Fond du Lac early Sunday morning. Fond du Lac ...

Defense attorney Timothy Hogan argued that the terrorist threat charge should be dismissed because Stachowicz did not communicate any threat ahead of the fire.

Caiden Stachowicz, 19, faces four charges in connection with the Jan. 19 fire: arson, attempted burglary, criminal damage to property, and terrorist threats.

The man contended the shutdown violated his constitutional rights and no longer believes peaceful protest is an option.

Of Wisconsin’s eight-member House delegation, only Democratic Reps. Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore voted against the TikTok ban, citing an impediment on American user’s free speech rights. Shortly after the TikTok ban went into effect, Pocan wrote in a social media post Sunday that the ban was “Congress and the executive branch at their worst.”

A young Menasha man who allegedly set a local congressman's office on fire after learning of a possible TikTok ban is facing a $500,000 cash bond.

Caden Stachowicz, 19, of Menasha, is charged with arson, making terrorist threats, attempted burglary and criminal damage.

In a shocking turn of events, a 19-year-old Wisconsin man, Caiden Stachowicz, found himself facing serious charges after allegedly attempting to set fire to a congressman's office in protest of the federal TikTok ban.

A 19-year-old Menasha man was charged Wednesday with setting a fire at the office of Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman in Fond du Lac over the nationwide TikTok ban.