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Authorities in Boston announced arrests of two men tied to an explosion at Harvard Medical School’s Goldenson Building over the weekend. Officials say the blast occurred in the early hours and that surveillance captured suspects moving around campus before and after the event. The arrests were made quickly, and federal charges have been filed. No injuries have been reported.
According to investigators, the incident began around 2:23 a.m. when two individuals were seen on surveillance walking toward the medical campus wearing face coverings and dark clothing. Video allegedly shows the men lighting what appeared to be a roman candle-style firework shortly thereafter. They are accused of climbing fences and scaffolding to access the building and its roof prior to the explosion being detected by campus police.
Security footage reportedly captured activity inside the building after the alarm, including movement on the fifth floor before the suspects exited through a first-floor emergency door. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston has charged both men with conspiracy to damage a building by means of an explosive. Court papers and charging documents are said to outline a detailed timeline compiled from multiple camera feeds across the area.
BOSTON – Two Massachusetts men have been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged conspiracy to damage a building on Harvard Medical School’s (HMS) campus using a large commercial firework.
Logan David Patterson, 18, of Plymouth, Mass.; and Dominick Frank Cardoza, 20, of Bourne, Mass., are each charged with one count of conspiracy to damage, by means of an explosive, the Goldenson Building at Harvard Medical School. The defendants were arrested this morning and will appear in federal court in Boston later today.
According to the charging documents, at approximately 2:23 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2025, surveillance cameras located at Huntington Avenue and Longwood Avenue in Boston captured two males – allegedly later identified as Patterson and Cardoza – walking toward the HMS campus wearing face coverings and dark clothing. Surveillance video captured the defendants allegedly lighting what appeared to be roman candle fireworks at approximately 2:24 a.m.
According to the charging documents, at approximately 2:33 a.m., the defendants were allegedly seen climbing over a chain-link fence into a construction area surrounding the Goldenson Building and, minutes later, climbing scaffolding beside the building to access the roof. At approximately 2:45 a.m., campus police received an alert of a fire alarm from an explosion on the fourth floor of the Goldenson Building, which houses a research laboratory within HMS’s Department of Neurobiology. It is alleged that, between 2:45 and 2:50 a.m., security footage captured the defendants visiting the fifth floor of the building before exiting via a first-floor emergency exit and fleeing in opposite directions.
Investigators described the device involved as “a large, commercial firework.” Surveillance reportedly shows the suspects leaving the immediate area and behaving erratically as they moved through nearby campus spaces. One suspect was seen removing clothing and discarding it, while the other moved between buildings and attempted to enter residential buildings later that morning. Witness statements cited in the charging documents indicate the men were in the area for Halloween social activities.
It is alleged that, at approximately 2:57 a.m., Cardoza was captured on surveillance video sitting on a bench, removing his pants and placing them in a garbage bin.
It is further alleged that, beginning at approximately 3:09 a.m., surveillance footage at the nearby campus of Wentworth Institute of Technology captured Patterson intermittently running between buildings, attempting to enter a residential campus building before being let in by a passerby and charging his phone near an attendant’s desk within that building. Shortly thereafter, at approximately 3:23 a.m., Patterson could allegedly be seen talking on his cell phone.
Thereafter, at approximately 3:40 a.m., surveillance video allegedly showed Patterson exiting the building to meet up with Cardoza and a third individual. It is alleged that at 3:49 a.m., after unsuccessfully attempting to enter an adjoining residential campus building, the three are seen walking toward the Massachusetts College of Art and Design campus. There, surveillance footage allegedly captured Patterson, Cardoza and the third individual walking along Huntington Avenue. In the video, Patterson has allegedly removed his sweatshirt as well as his sweatpants and is seen stuffing his sweatpants into his shorts. Cardoza is allegedly seen still wearing a dark hooded jacket and black sneakers with only shorts or boxer shorts.
According to the charging documents, witnesses allegedly stated that Patterson and Cardoza were visiting Wentworth College for Halloween social activities.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says both men were arrested and will appear in federal court in Boston as proceedings move forward. Officials emphasized that, despite the damage and alarm caused by the blast, no injuries were reported. The charging documents and surveillance footage form the core of the government’s case, and prosecutors will present those materials as this moves through the courts.
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