{"id":293862,"date":"2026-04-30T22:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293862\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T22:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:06:07","slug":"central-california-vandalism-suspect-arrested-in-europe-on-arson-terror-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/293862\/","title":{"rendered":"Central California vandalism suspect arrested in Europe on arson, terror charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man wanted for vandalism on California&#8217;s Central Coast was arrested by European authorities in connection with an alleged terror attack in Czechia, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/delreyoakspd\/posts\/pfbid0Tgq7RVho6BsT9g3gyFmG5ZqX8quwuXxrdZhbwwaXnz2oAf1KtGqnjKyf1C2Qk2KYl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Police in Del Rey Oaks on Wednesday<\/a> said they identified a suspect connected with the vandalism of the Wells Fargo bank at Canyon Del Rey Boulevard on Nov. 3, 2025. <\/p>\n<p>According to officers, the suspect spray painted and caused what was described as &#8220;extensive damage&#8221; to the bank&#8217;s exterior and doors. Police believe the suspect acted alone.<\/p>\n<p>During an investigation, police identified the suspect as 26-year-old Nathan Limesand. Investigators said they also linked the suspect to multiple incidents in the neighboring community of Marina and in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said Limesand was being held in Bulgaria, facing international charges of terrorism and arson.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bta.bg\/en\/news\/bulgaria\/1102560-us-citizen-wanted-in-czechia-for-arson-and-terrorism-agrees-to-voluntary-extradi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bulgarian News Agency<\/a>, Limesand was arrested Apr. 3 under a European arrest warrant issued by authorities in the Czech city of Pardubice. Limesand was taken to custody as he was attempting to leave Bulgaria for Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Limesand is accused of being part of a group that carried out an arson attack on a factory producing military equipment. Authorities said the fire had caused an estimated $7 million in damage to the buildings and destroyed another $5 million worth of goods, the agency reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/czech-arson-pardubice-drone-warehouse-fire-arrest-c95c669372e267f24858e06f24337364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported on Mar. 24 that the attack in Pardubice, located about 60 miles east of Prague, involved a warehouse of a company supplying autonomous drones to Ukraine. At least three others were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>On Apr. 16, <a href=\"https:\/\/bnrnews.bg\/en\/post\/456204\/bulgaria-extradites-american-wanted-for-arson-and-sabotage-to-czech-republic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Radio Bulgaria reported<\/a> that a court approved Limesand&#8217;s request to be extradited back to Czechia to face charges. He faces up to 20 years in prison in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Del Rey Oaks said they have submitted their case against Limesand to the Monterey County District Attorney&#8217;s Office for filing consideration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man wanted for vandalism on California&#8217;s Central Coast was arrested by European authorities in connection with an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7218,80506,7,9,8,43055,858,14312,22919],"class_list":["post-293862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-arson","tag-bulgaria","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-czech-republic","tag-monterey-county","tag-terrorism","tag-vandalism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}