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Several people were arrested after police and city highway patrol officers responded to reports of large unruly crowds and vandalism.Several people were arrested Thursday night after police and city highway patrol officers responded to reports of large unruly crowds and vandalism at federal buildings in Philadelphia.Police observed a crowd on the 900 block of Market Street at about 8:50 p.m. Thursday, on New Year’s Eve. A 25-year-old man threw a brick through a window of the Robert Nix Federal Building, according to police.The man, along with another man, age 24, and two 23-year-old women, all dressed similarly in black clothing, tried to flee the scene, but were taken into police custody.The damage to the Nix building was estimated at $3,000.Shortly after at 9 p.m., Philadelphia Highway Patrol officers were also in the area of 900 Market Street responding to reports of a large group of people breaking windows and spray-painting the federal building.Officers stopped three individuals who had spray paint on their clothes, markers in their possession, and other suspicious materials.A 25-year-old man had a glass jar with a fuse going into a bottle with a strong flammable odor, police said. He also had a container with a powder labeled “Fire Starter.”A 22-year-old woman had bottles of liquids with chemicals and spray paint on her hands and clothes, police said.And a 26-year-old woman had spray paint on her clothing.The three individuals were taken into custody and charged with attempted arson, risking catastrophe, having an incendiary device, conspiracy and related offenses.The materials they had with them will be examined by bomb technicians, police said.

Several people were arrested after police and city highway patrol officers responded to reports of large unruly crowds and vandalism.Several people were arrested Thursday night after police and city highway patrol officers responded to reports of large unruly crowds and vandalism at federal buildings in Philadelphia.Police observed a crowd on the 900 block of Market Street at about 8:50 p.m. Thursday, on New Year’s Eve. A 25-year-old man threw a brick through a window of the Robert Nix Federal Building, according to police.The man, along with another man, age 24, and two 23-year-old women,...

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