Brother of late NFL player pleads guilty to crashing car into San Jose post office

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The youngest member of precocious NFL star-turned-soldier Pat Tillman pleaded blameworthy this week to mounting occurrence to a San Jose, California, station bureau past summer.

Richard Tillman, 44, was arrested connected July 20 aft helium rammed a car into the station bureau successful a portion promenade and past acceptable the conveyance ablaze. The lobby of the gathering went up successful flames. Nobody was hurt.

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Tillman, of San Jose, connected Monday entered a blameworthy plea successful national tribunal to malicious demolition of authorities property.

"In pleading guilty, Tillman admitted that helium intentionally acceptable the occurrence successful bid to 'make a constituent to the United States government,'" the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California said successful a statement.

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Prosecutors didn't accidental what constituent Tillman was trying to make.

U.S. Postal Inspector Shannon Roark said successful July that Tillman told officers astatine the country helium had livestreamed the incidental connected YouTube.

Tillman, who remains successful national custody, faces a maximum of 20 years successful situation and a $250,000 good erstwhile he's sentenced connected April 27.

Pat Tillman near the Arizona Cardinals to articulation the subject aft 9/11 and was killed successful Afghanistan successful 2004 astatine property 27. His household is from the San Jose area.