Images released in Soquel marijuana collective firebombing

Surveillance images were released Monday of a marijuana collective whose lobby was torched by two men with a Molotov cocktail.
A security video shot just outside the Capitola Healing Collective at 3088 Winkle Ave. showed two men in hooded sweatshirts and bandannas over their faces approach the shop about 2:15 a.m., the Sheriff's Office reported.
One man who wore a dark sweatshirt shattered a glass door with a hammer, said Deputy April Skalland. The other man - who wore a light-colored sweatshirt with a design on it - lit a soaked rag in a bottle and threw it in the hole in the door, said Skalland.
The men then ran toward Winkle Farm Park, Skalland said.
Two chairs and a table in the lobby burst into flames, and the walls and floor of the shop were scorched, authorities said. Several surveillance cameras inside the shop also showed the destruction, and footage was released from those angles.
Chris Morganelli, the shop's co-owner, said the video would be useful even though the suspects were disguised.
"You can see their faces and body movements," Morganelli said.
Collective members and employees worked to clean up the damage on Monday, and Morganelli said they expected to reopen the shop on Thursday or later in the week.
A detective visited the shop Monday, and leaders of the collective offered at $7,500 reward for information leading to an arrest, Morganelli said.
David Thompson, an attorney with the Santa Cruz-based Cannabis Healing Association, posted a photo of the charred lobby on the association's website. He said patients who saw the damage at the shop began to help clean it up.
"I would like to see Santa Cruz come together and support the patients," Thompson said.
The shop had about $45,000 to $50,000 in damage, owners said.
The Saturday morning fire tripped alarms in the building, and authorities notified Morganelli and co-owner Brianna Kovach. The owners arrived and started to put the fire out with a garden hose before Central firefighters arrived and doused the blaze.
Firefighters had to cut out part of the ceiling and a wall as they fought the fire, said Battalion Chief Owen Miller.
Sheriff's deputies asked anyone with information to call investigations at 454-2311 or the anonymous tip line at 454 2847.
Surveillance videos can be seen at santacruzsentinel.com.