"Defendant said he just decided one night to 'go be Batman.'"

Federal prosecutors, describing the stated motivation of Gabriel Mendoza-Acoltzi, 19, of West Valley, Ariz., who is facing federal arson charges after attempting to set fire to a warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to convert into a 1,500-bed detention center. Court documents say Mendoza-Acoltzi drove to the warehouse, tried to cut the building's water supply, smashed a window with a hammer, and tossed a lit propane tank through the opening before the building's fire suppression system extinguished the blaze. (Arizona Mirror)