A Los Angeles man has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from an attack in which he threw two Molotov cocktails at security officers inside and outside a federal building in downtown Los Angeles.

Josr Francisco Jovel, 54, of the city's Koreatown neighborhood, pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a person assisting federal officers and employees and possessing unregistered or unlawfully manufactured destructive devices, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. He has remained in federal custody since December 2025.

The attack occurred on the morning of Dec. 1, 2025, at a federal building in the Civic Center. According to Jovel's plea agreement, he stood outside an employee entrance and yelled at federal officers and security guards, threatening to kill them if children were not present.

After waiting for an employee to exit through the doorway, Jovel pulled a Molotov cocktail from a bag and threw it at a security guard. The glass container shattered, sending fragments and ignitable liquid toward officers and members of the public.

Jovel then threw a second Molotov cocktail through the building's public entrance, where people were waiting to pass through security. The device rolled across the floor inside the building.

Authorities said Jovel was carrying seven additional Molotov cocktails, a flame torch, two airsoft guns, five knives and pepper spray. The homemade incendiary devices were made from glass Nescafé jars containing ignitable liquid and fabric wicks.

As part of his guilty plea, Jovel acknowledged that he intentionally threw the devices at federal officers and people assisting them with the intent to injure them. He also admitted that the destructive devices were not registered as required under the National Firearm Registration and Transfer Record.

Jovel faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 28, 2027.

The FBI is leading the investigation with assistance from the Federal Protective Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Los Angeles Fire Department.