A Long Beach man was sentenced Wednesday, May 6, to two years, six months behind bars for possessing a Molotov cocktail during an anti-immigration-enforcement protest last summer.
Wrackkie Quiogue, 28, pleaded guilty last year to a single federal count of possession of an unregistered destructive device.
A Molotov cocktail is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a breakable container filled with flammable substances and equipped with a fuse — typically a glass bottle filled with flammable liquids sealed with a cloth wick.
An affidavit filed in Los Angeles federal court with the charge states that Quiogue possessed the handmade device on June 8, 2025, while holding a lighter during a protest near federal buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles police officers saw Quiogue with the device and quickly arrested him.