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Three Men Plead Guilty to Vandalizing Construction Site, SUVs in Eco Protest
Associated Press ^
| Jan 12, 2004
Posted on 01/12/2004 5:01:18 PM PST by wallcrawlr
Three young men pleaded guilty to vandalizing more than 25 sport utility vehicles, construction equipment and building sites on behalf of a radical environmental group. The three, who were in high school at the time of the attacks in the Richmond suburbs in 2002, face up to five years in prison at sentencing in April. Under the plea agreement announced Monday, they must also repay more than $200,000.
The three were affiliated with the group Earth Liberation Front.
Adam Blackwell, 20, and Aaron Linas and John Wade, both 18, vandalized construction equipment being used to build a mall, defaced 25 SUVs at a car dealership and several more vehicles at homes, and defaced three fast-food restaurants, prosecutors said.
They scrawled graffiti and left notes that accused the victims of harming the environment and contributing to suburban sprawl.
The students "never gave thought to the repercussions of their acts," said Wade's lawyer, Murray J. Janus. "They were idealistically involved in the cause for the environment."
A lawyer for Linas, Matthew P. Geary, added that equating his client's actions to ecoterrorism is "inappropriate when you're talking about three kids who have never been in trouble before."
TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: domesticterrorism; ecoterror; ecoterrorism; elf; envirwhackos; radicalleft
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It should read, "...three kids who have never been caught before."
To: wallcrawlr
Wonder how long it will take them to earn $200,000.
To: wallcrawlr
I saw the damage these goons left at a McDonald's in Richmond's West End. Throw the book at 'em!
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:04:30 PM PST
by
GodBlessRonaldReagan
(where is Count Petofi when we need him most?)
To: wallcrawlr
I agree. Throw the book at them.
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:07:28 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Graduate, Boortz Institute for Insensitivity Training)
To: wallcrawlr
These eco boobs are about to experience reality in prison. Maybe then they will realize the lunacy and impracticality of being treehuggers..
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:09:46 PM PST
by
cardinal4
(Hillary and Clark rhymes with Ft Marcy park...)
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Mommy and Daddy will pay it.
To: wallcrawlr
Let's bomb ELF next.
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:10:38 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: wallcrawlr
A lawyer for Linas, Matthew P. Geary, added that equating his client's actions to ecoterrorism is "inappropriate when you're talking about three kids who have never been in trouble before." Hm. So Pali suicide bombers aren't terrorists because they've never blown themselves up before...?
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:11:22 PM PST
by
Eala
(Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
To: wallcrawlr
Domestic terrorists!
Round up the support/funding source (PETA) and Send them all to Gitmo!
PRONTO!
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:17:23 PM PST
by
JOE6PAK
("The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein)
To: Eala
Exactly.
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:22:05 PM PST
by
null and void
(Stand up and be counted or line up and be numbered.)
To: wallcrawlr
At their ages, I was in the military, doing serious stuff, no time for being idealistic.
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:25:26 PM PST
by
cynicom
To: cardinal4
These eco boobs are about to experience reality in prison. Maybe then they will realize the lunacy and impracticality of being treehuggers.. Perhaps the reality of being buggered
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:38:39 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: wallcrawlr
Radical "environmentalists" are not harmless do-gooders.
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:39:12 PM PST
by
Savage Beast
(The delusional hate truth. It threatens the delusions. They also hate the bearers of truth.)
To: wallcrawlr
Saddam is the greatest ecological criminal of all time. 'Bet ELF loves him.
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posted on
01/12/2004 5:48:51 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: Savage Beast
Here in Oregon ELF has caused millions of dollars of damage. They are listed as a domestic terrorist group.
To: wallcrawlr
said Wade's lawyer, Murray J. Janus. "They were idealistically involved in the cause for the environment." I wonder how quickly his attitude to these punks would change if it was his $45,000 Escalade that got spray painted in the name of the environment?
Can any one say: "NEW YORK MINUTE?"
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posted on
01/12/2004 6:01:10 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(We found Sadaam faster then Hillary found the Rose Law Firm billing records.)
To: WHATNEXT?
Some of the most sadistic, cruelist people I have ever encountered have been "environmentalists".
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posted on
01/12/2004 6:01:41 PM PST
by
Savage Beast
(The delusional hate truth. It threatens the delusions. They also hate the bearers of truth.)
To: wallcrawlr
Defense attorney, Murray J. Janus
In Roman mythology, Janus was a god depicted as haveing two faces. The name is associated today with being two-faced, and deceitful. Isn't irony, ironic?
--Boot Hill
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posted on
01/12/2004 6:02:15 PM PST
by
Boot Hill
(hang 'em high)
To: wallcrawlr
Reminds me of a tender memory from my law school years (early 90s). I was walking in nyc and some high schooler and his 2 punk friends sprayed a woman in a fur coat a few paces ahead of me with some paint. some hit my new leather jacket.
I was mad - I grabbed the guy and began pounding on him, breaking his glassed (I hit people with glasses when they deserve it) and just had a lopsided fight that lasted about 30 seconds. His 2 friends took off, afraid.
I restored my poise and continued down the street, on my way. I loved it when NYC was a rougher town...
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posted on
01/12/2004 6:06:09 PM PST
by
HitmanLV
(I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
To: Savage Beast
Yes, because they know they are right and true. They are also young and stupid.
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