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<p>SCRANTON &#8212; The man accused of firebombing the Luzerne County Children and Youth Services building two years ago was indicted on an additional charge of attempted witness tampering.</p><p>The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said a grand jury on Tuesday handed up the indictment against Phillip Finn Jr., 48, of Plains Township.</p><p>It was the second superseding indictment against Finn, alleging that on Jan. 31, of this year, he tried to get a witness to withhold information during his trial.</p><p>Finn, who is held in federal custody, was initially indicted in July 2017 on charges of stalking, the use of interstate communications to threaten another person and malicious damage to federal property by fire. A superseding indictment was returned in October 2018 with an additional count of interstate communications and a charge of use of fire to commit a felony.</p><p>Finn allegedly threw three Molotov cocktails at the Children and Youth Services building on North Pennsylvania Avenue on March 6, 2017. On March 3, he had accused the department of attempting to take his 8-year-old daughter from him when two caseworkers served a summons at his Abbott Street residence.</p><p>During that time period he also allegedly used Facebook, Google and his cell phone to harass and intimidate two Children and Youth employees.</p><p>The case was investigated by the FBI, the Wilkes-Barre Police Department and the Luzerne County District Attorney&#8217;s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jenny P. Roberts is prosecuting the case.</p><style>
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Alleged Children and Youth firebomber accused of attempted witness tampering