CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A Chicago man has been indicted on federal arson charges for allegedly using a Molotov cocktail to set fire to a building in Pilsen.
Juan Aguilar, 37, of Chicago, is charged with one count of maliciously damaging and destroying a building and one count of unlawfully possessing an improvised incendiary bomb, according to an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
The indictment accuses Aguilar of setting fire to a building in the 1600 block of West Cullerton Street in Chicago on Sept. 24, 2019.
Aguilar was taken into federal custody on Monday. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday afternoon in federal court in Chicago.
Prosecutors said the arson charge is punishable by a minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and a maximum of 20 years; and the unlawful possession charge is punishable by up to 10 years.
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