SAN JOSE, Calif. - Richard Tillman, the brother of the famed NFL player, made his first federal court appearance Wednesday in connection to a destructive fire at a San Jose post office earlier this month.

Tillman is accused of deliberately crashing his car into an Alamaden Valley post office on July 20 around 3 a.m. and lighting the building on fire. The 44-year-old is facing charges of arson and vandalism in Santa Clara County.

The suspect, who is the brother of the late NFL star Pat Tillman, is facing a single federal charge of malicious destruction by fire of a U.S. post office.

He made his court appearance Wednesday at a federal district court in San Jose.

Prosecutors allege Richard Tillman bought fireplace "instalogs" and lighter fluid before the fire. They say he then scatter

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