Federal prosecutors charge suspect who allegedly vandalized US Attorney Alina Habba’s office

A New Jersey antheral accused of vandalizing U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s Newark bureau past week has been arrested and charged aft a statewide manhunt that ended with his seizure implicit the weekend, national prosecutors said.

Keith Michael Lisa, 51, of Barnegat, was charged with possession of a unsafe limb successful a national installation and depredation of national property, Habba announced Tuesday. He appeared earlier U.S. Magistrate Judge José Almonte successful Newark connected Monday and was detained.

"Lisa entered the Peter Rodino Federal Building successful Newark, soon earlier 5:00 p.m., connected Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, with a full-sized, aluminum shot bat," the DOJ said. "Lisa said helium needed to spot the Attorney General’s Office and information informed Lisa that the bat was a prohibited limb that helium could not bring into the building."

Authorities said Lisa near the building, past returned a fewer minutes aboriginal without the bat. Witnesses told investigators helium appeared irate and was "mumbling arsenic helium went done security."

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The FBI says Keith Michael Lisa is wanted for allegedly entering the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building successful Newark, N.J., connected Nov. 12, 2025, and damaging spot wrong the U.S. Attorney’s Office; a $25,000 reward is offered for accusation starring to his apprehension and conviction. (FBI)

Once inside, helium allegedly made threats astir "tearing the spot up" earlier knocking framed items disconnected the walls and damaging spot successful the U.S. Attorney’s Office reception area.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said successful an X station connected Saturday that the fishy "is present successful custody," crediting the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, and Homeland Security Investigations for tracking Lisa down.

"No 1 volition get distant with threatening oregon intimidating our large U.S. Attorneys oregon the demolition of their offices," Bondi wrote.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi said the fishy wanted successful the onslaught connected U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s Newark bureau "is present successful custody," crediting national agents for the arrest. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

After learning instrumentality enforcement was looking for him, Lisa went into hiding, prosecutors said.

His seizure required a "coordinated, statewide effort" involving the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Homeland Security Investigations, Federal Protective Service, New Jersey State Police, and section departments successful Mahwah and Barnegat. He was arrested successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Nov. 15.

Habba praised the swift enactment of instrumentality enforcement successful bringing Lisa into custody, saying, "We got him. This Justice Department nether Attorney General Pam Bondi and our national partners volition not tolerate immoderate acts of intimidation oregon unit toward instrumentality enforcement. Now justness volition grip him."

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: White House Presidential Counselor Alina Habba delivers remarks earlier being sworn successful arsenic the interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey successful the Oval Office astatine the White House connected March 28, 2025 successful Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The FBI had identified Lisa arsenic the fishy a time earlier his arrest, describing him arsenic astir 6-foot-3 and weighing betwixt 200 and 230 pounds, with ties to New York City and Mahwah, New Jersey.

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The bureau warned helium "should beryllium considered dangerous" and urged the nationalist to interaction authorities with immoderate accusation astir his whereabouts.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report.