BRADFORD, Pa.—A man has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he firebombed a crowded northwestern Pennsylvania bar after he was kicked out of the establishment.

The Bradford Era ( http://bit.ly/Q0m61o) reports that 43-year-old Damon Leroy Kayes of Bradford plead guilty Tuesday to throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Players Downtown bar in September, 2011. That's about 130 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

About 30 people were in the bar at the time.

Kayes faces up to 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both when he's sentenced on January 14.