Western, Pa., district judge's office hit by fire bomb

MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — Police say a Molotov cocktail or similar fire bomb was thrown through the window of a district judge’s office near Pittsburgh causing a small fire.

Police in McKeesport haven’t made an arrest in the incident, reported after 7 a.m. today at the office of District Judge Eugene Riazzi Jr.

Judge Riazzi is a former police captain in McKeesport, a city about 15 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, but say he doesn’t know what could have prompted the attack.

Firefighters extinguished some burning carpet in the office, but an Allegheny County fire marshal says damage was minimal.

Judge Riazzi’s office was closed this morning but scheduled to reopen later today.

Apartments above Judge Riazzi’s office were not damaged, and nobody was hurt in the fire.