Federal arrest in arson case of Brooklyn LGBT nightclub

(Photo: Surveillance video screengrab via FDNY)

A criminal complaint was unsealed Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn charging a borough resident, John Lhota, 24, with the April 3, 2022 arson of Rash, a bar and nightclub in Bushwick frequented by members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Lhota was arrested yesterday…