A former Marine was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to firebombing a California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022 while he was on active duty — an act authorities called domestic terrorism.
Chance Brannon, 24, an ex-corporal stationed at Camp Pendleton at the time of the firebombing, also plotted to attack an Orange County power grid, a LGBTQ+ pride night celebration at Dodger Stadium and the invasion of Jewish homes in Los Angeles, according to the Department of Justice.
Brannon pleaded guilty in November to several charges: conspiracy; malicious destruction of property by fire and explosives; possession of an unregistered destructive device; and destruction of a reproductive health services facility.
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Several law enforcement entities were involved in the investigation, including the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, or NCIS.
“This case represents the successful interagency coordination between Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), Costa Mesa first responders, and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force,” the assistant special agent in charge, Michael Payne of the NCIS Marine West Field Office, said. “Such acts of terror in an attempt to [prevent] access to reproductive health services is intolerable.”
In the early morning of March 13, 2022, Brannon and his co-defendant, Tibet Ergul…
