<p>Nathaniel James McGuire faces a maximum sentence of life in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to a bombing at a Santa Maria courthouse in September 2024.</p><p>McGuire, 22, from Santa Barbara County, admitted to detonating a bomb at the courthouse as retaliation for law enforcement officers seizing his firearms earlier that year. According to court documents, he threw a backpack containing an explosive device into the courthouse and then exited the building to retrieve two long guns and 10 Molotov cocktails from his vehicle.</p>
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California Man Pleads Guilty to Courthouse Bombing in 2024
Nathaniel James McGuire has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a bombing at a Santa Maria courthouse in September 2024. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for the incident, which he carried out in retaliation for the seizure of his firearms by law enforcement.
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