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When 27-year-old Samantha Shader was first arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at police,
she told detectives that the supplies—including glass bottles—were given to her by a group of Black men and women, according to federal court records.
But weeks later, on Friday, police arrested a white man who admitted to providing the materials, 29-year-old Timothy Amerman. According to court records and a
Facebook page that appears to belong to Amerman, he works as a painter in Saugerties, New York. Amerman faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of civil disorder or civil disorder conspiracy, for which he was charged in a federal complaint this week.
Shader allegedly
threw the explosive at a police vehicle with four New York Police Department officers inside at 11 p.m. on May 29 during the nationwide unrest following the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, prosecutors have said. The vehicle was damaged but the officers—who were reportedly uninjured—were able to jump out of the van and chase Shader down.
EXCLUSIVE: Woman, 27, who allegedly tossed a Molotov cocktail into a police van during New York protest is a ukulele-playing street musician who grew up in a now-abandoned mansion and has had run-ins with the law in 13 STATES for drugs, theft and assault
Police arrested a white man on Friday who admitted to providing the explosive materials to Samantha Shader.
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Samantha Shader, 27, was arrested last week for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at an NYPD cruiser in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, during a protest.
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