Third suspect identified in 2022 Costa Mesa Planned Parenthood firebombing
Federal officials Monday announced the arrest of a third suspect in a 2022 firebombing attack at a Costa Mesa Planned Parenthood, following the arr...
Federal officials Monday announced the arrest of a third suspect in a 2022 firebombing attack at a Costa Mesa Planned Parenthood, following the arraignment of the two individuals already under arrest for the incident. The third suspect, Xavier Batten, 21, of Florida, was arrested on Friday by FBI agents and is being held without bail. He made his first appearance in federal court on the same day of his arrest in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florida. Batten, along with Tibet Ergul, 21, of Irvine, and Chance Brannon, 23, of San Juan Capistrano, who is an active duty Marine, are charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of malicious destruction of property by fire and explosion.