Ex-Marine sentenced for firebombing California Planned Parenthood clinic, plotting more attacks [Video]

(KTLA) – An ex-Marine from Orange County, California, has been sentenced for his role in the firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic.

The United States Department of Justice announced that 24-year-old Chance Brannon received a nine-year sentence for the attack.

Brannon pleaded guilty in November 2023 to conspiracy, destruction of property, and targeting a reproductive health services facility — a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. 

According to the DOJ, Brannon admitted to planning attacks with two co-conspirators, 22-year-old Tibet Ergul of Irvine and 21-year-old Xavier Batten of Brooksville, Florida.

The firebombing occurred in March of 2022, while Brannon was an active-duty Marine. The Costa Mesa native and Ergul went to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, ignited the Molotov cocktail, …