Protests over the death of George Floyd have broken out across the United States, and some of these have resulted in looting and the destruction of police cars.

Both happened in Philadelphia on May 30th and U.S. Attorney William McSwain has charged 33 year old Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal with arson for destroying two police vehicles during the protests.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia Police Department sedan and SUV were parked near City Hall and both were set on fire. They went on to say “various videos taken at the scene captured the defendant wearing protective goggles and gloves, taking a flaming piece of wooden police barricade from the rear window of the PPD sedan that was already on fire, and then shoving the flaming wood into the PPD SUV that was not on fire.” The SUV was soon engulfed in flames and both vehicles were destroyed.

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Perhaps the most interesting thing about the case is how Blumenthal got caught. As NBC Philadelphia reports, FBI Special Agent Joseph Carpenter saw a photo of the incident on Instagram and asked the uploader if they had anymore pictures. They apparently responded and provided a picture showing a peace sign tattoo on the arsonist’s arm.

Another photographer provided the FBI with approximately 500 photos of the protest and some allegedly showed Blumenthal without a face mask and wearing a t-shirt saying “Keep the immigrants, deport the racists.”

The shirt was sold by someone on Etsy and the FBI discovered a five-star review from someone in Philadelphia. Their username was “alleycatlore” and the FBI started searching for it elsewhere online.

This led them to a Poshmark user with the name “lore-elisabeth,” and eventually to a LinkedIn page for “Lore Elisabeth.” She was listed as working as a massage therapist and a search of her employer’s website showed a video featuring someone with a peace sign tattoo.

The website also listed her phone number, which the FBI used to get Blumenthal’s address and photo from the Pennsylvania DMV. They then confirmed their suspicions by subpoenaing the Etsy seller for people who bought the t-shirt and, unsurprisingly, Blumenthal’s information came up.

The publication says she’s now facing up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 (£201,217 / €222,950). However, the government says it’s actually a “maximum possible sentence of eighty years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $500,000 (£402,545 / €446,015).”

Regardless, U.S. Attorney McSwain said they fully support the First Amendment but “torching a police car has nothing to do with peaceful protest or any legitimate message.” He also tweeted it’s “richly ironic that we identified this alleged arsonist by her peace sign tattoo.”