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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2025
- Nationality
- American
- Checked
Ronald Scott Watson
Ronald Scott Watson, an American national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2025. He is wanted in connection with the charges listed below. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the location, arrest, and conviction of Ronald Scott Watson.
He is described as 1.8 m tall, with brown eyes and brown hair. Distinguishing marks noted by the agency: Watson has the following tattoos: a woman plowing and a fish skull fence on his left arm, and three faces on his right arm. Born on 28 November 1996 in Alabama, he would now be 29.
Charges, as published
- Maliciously Damage, and Attempt to Damage, by Means of Fire or an Explosive, a Building and Other Personal and Real Property, in Whole or in Part Owned and Possessed by, and Leased to, the United States
Reward
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the location, arrest, and conviction of Ronald Scott Watson.
Case details, as published by FBI
Ronald Scott Watson, a convicted felon, is wanted for his alleged involvement in the attack on the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) building located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 2020. On July 25, 2020, shortly before midnight, a crowd gathered at the Atlanta ICE building and protested outside a fenced area. At the same time, several masked individuals wearing dark clothing breached the fences and vandalized the building. The rioters used rocks, cinder blocks, modified fireworks, Molotov cocktails, lighter fluid bottles, and other materials to cause more than $78,000 in damage. Watson has been identified as allegedly being part of this group. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Watson on July 23, 2025, in the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, after he was charged with Maliciously Damage, and Attempt to Damage, by Means of Fire or an Explosive, a Building and Other Personal and Real Property, in Whole or in Part Owned and Possessed by, and Leased to, the United States.
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