(Photo of Donald Henson Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Forty-six-year-old Doanld Henson of Penn Hills, who was accused of hitting a gate at the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office Complex in the South Side of Pittsburgh and leaving an American flag on that gate on September 17th, 2025, recently faced a judge for the first time. Henson told the FBI after the incident that he rammed the security gate at the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office complex because he wanted to “make a statement” even though he knew that at the time he hit that gate that there was a guard in the security booth. According to an FBI agent who testified, Henson told officers that he believed an FBI agent was living under his home, and he heard voices speaking to him. Henson is in custody and faces charges which include damaging government property.