Currently, 24-year-old Brannon has agreed to plead guilty in Nov. 2023. 21-year-old Batten and Ergul also agreed to plead guilty at the beginning of this year and have not been convicted yet.
Evidence from the court shows that Brannon had white supremacist literature including photos of him displaying a Nazi salute with his friends.
Brannon admitted what he did was stupid and told the judge that he wouldn't argue with the facts of the case.
Brannon comprehends the public's viewpoint of his actions as horrible and terroristic. He knows the judge wouldn't understand if he altered his thinking.
"All I can do is live my life better," he said. And to do better for the world and others."
A former U.S. Marine from San Juan Capistrano, Chance Brannon, recently carried out a firebombing attack on a Costa Mesa Planned Parenthood on the morning of March 13, 2022. Brannon later texted his Floridan friend, Xavier Batten, that he completed the arson according to The Orange County Register.
Judge Cormac Carney sentenced Brannon to prison for his role in the firebombing on April 15.
Brannon has been in federal prison since his arrest in June 2023 and has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy, destruction of property by fires and explosives, possession of an unregistered device, and a count of purposely damaging a reproductive health service building.
Judge Carney was asked by a U.S. attorney to sentence Brannon to up to 8 years in jail. In addition to providing Brannon more time, "this sentence protects the public from future violence," Carney said.
Furthermore, "It takes into consideration the nature and circumstances of Mr. Brannon's offense and his personal history and characteristics," Carney said.
FBI agents took more than a year to search for Brannon and Ergul. Court records revealed that a witness came forward shortly after the agency published suspect photos in Jan. 2023. A federal grand jury charged all three men for the arson in July 2023.
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