2nd Person Arrested In Crown Heights Molotov Cocktail Attack

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A man accused of supplying the bottles used to make a Molotov cocktail that was thrown at cops during a Brooklyn protest has been arrested, officials said.

Timothy Amerman, a 29-year-old from the Catskills, faced his second court hearing Monday for civil disorder and civil disorder conspiracy charges connected to the May 29 attack, when authorities say he gave glass bottles, masks, rope, plastic baggies, marijuana and gas money to Samantha Shader.

Shader, also from the Catskills, is accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into a police car parked in Crown Heights while four officers sat inside, according to court documents.

Investigators searching the car Shader drove to New York City found a note with Amerman's fingerprints, which he later admitted he gave to her along with a bag of the supplies.

“I found a few more glass bottles Than I thought I had, Though still not many. I’m giving you my mask in hopes That helps. Wish I had more. There’s also a bag in here for you. BE SAFE Please. Really Good Luck, -Love Tim,” the letter read, according to court documents.

Amerman later told authorities he had declined an invitation from Shader to join her trip to New York City and "cause some hell," prosecutors said.

But, he admitted to knowing Shader planned to use the bottles he gave her "as projectiles to throw at police and counter-protesters at the protest march in New York City," according to the documents.

Prosecutors said Amerman faces 10 years in prison for the charges.

The May 29 attack in Crown Heights was one of two incidents where Molotov cocktails were thrown at police during one of the first night of protests following the death of George Floyd, who died with a cop's knee on his neck in Minneapolis.

Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis, two attorneys from Brooklyn, areaccused of driving a minivan full of Molotov cocktails through Brooklyn, at times offering them to protesters, that same night, documents state.

Rahman threw one at a police van in Fort Greene and hopped in the van driven by Mattis, which cops followed and stopped, according to documents.