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Student convicted of torching SUVs in Calif eco-vandalism spree
modbee ^ | 11-19-04

Posted on 11/19/2004 12:41:38 PM PST by LouAvul

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A graduate student was convicted Friday of setting fire to dozens of sport utility vehicles and causing more than $2 million in damage, but was cleared of the most serious charge against him.

William Jensen Cottrell, 24, was found guilty in U.S. District Court of conspiracy to commit arson and seven counts of arson. But the jury acquitted him of attempting to use a destructive device in a crime of violence - Molotov cocktails - a charge that carried a sentence of at least 30 years in prison.

He will be sentenced March 12, and faces at least five years in prison.

The charges against Cottrell, a doctoral candidate at the California Institute of Technology, stemmed from an August 2003 firebombing and vandalism spree at dealerships and homes in San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: blackbloc; caltech; concordnc; ecoterror; ecoterrorism; shac; suv; teens; torched; williamcottrell
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1 posted on 11/19/2004 12:41:39 PM PST by LouAvul
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To: LouAvul

What alittle jerk! Should give him the maximum but hey it's P.C. California so he'll probably get off light


2 posted on 11/19/2004 12:43:15 PM PST by LYSandra
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To: LouAvul
Did someone say "Torch"????
3 posted on 11/19/2004 12:43:44 PM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: LouAvul

This kid is a terrorist. Treat him as such.


4 posted on 11/19/2004 12:44:15 PM PST by AlbertWang
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To: LouAvul; hchutch

"Hi, honey! My name is Spike, and your new name is B!tch!"


5 posted on 11/19/2004 12:44:16 PM PST by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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To: presidio9

Sigh....so many more to go.


6 posted on 11/19/2004 12:44:19 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: LouAvul

Was this the kid of the RAT legislator?


7 posted on 11/19/2004 12:45:02 PM PST by evad (The existence of Israel would not pass JF'nK's Global Test)
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To: LouAvul

Proof that advanced education makes you stupid.


8 posted on 11/19/2004 12:45:58 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: LouAvul
The charges against Cottrell, a doctoral candidate at the California Institute of Technology...

What kind of crap are they teaching in colleges today. I bet this loser/criminal has learned nothing but hate-America themes worthless, baked-up knowledge in liberal hoo-ha.

9 posted on 11/19/2004 12:46:10 PM PST by KC_Conspirator (I am poster #48)
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To: LouAvul

Two million dollars in damages and facing 5 years? Not bad!


10 posted on 11/19/2004 12:47:17 PM PST by arichtaxpayer (We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.)
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To: LouAvul

Only five years? Damn. This eco-terrorist deserved more since he *is* a terrorist!


11 posted on 11/19/2004 12:50:46 PM PST by newzjunkey ("The rule of law has become confused with - indeed subverted by - the rule of judges." - Robert Bork)
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To: LouAvul

He must have one heck of a lawyer. Too bad it didn't happen in a school parking lot, they would have really thrown the book at him then. But evil car dealerships? Naaaah..they can take the loss! (/sarcasm off)


12 posted on 11/19/2004 12:51:19 PM PST by pray4liberty (God is pro-life. He is the Creator of All Life.)
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To: LouAvul

William Jensen Cottrell

13 posted on 11/19/2004 12:52:37 PM PST by newzjunkey ("The rule of law has become confused with - indeed subverted by - the rule of judges." - Robert Bork)
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To: LouAvul
spay paint and fires....how eco-friendly of him

twerp.
14 posted on 11/19/2004 12:54:14 PM PST by socialismisinsidious ("A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.")
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To: LouAvul

Will CalTech DENY him his doctorate? They should. And I believe they have that right.


15 posted on 11/19/2004 12:54:19 PM PST by newzjunkey ("The rule of law has become confused with - indeed subverted by - the rule of judges." - Robert Bork)
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To: TaxRelief

FYI


16 posted on 11/19/2004 12:54:43 PM PST by Constitution Day (ps. i'll find my frog, him name is hopkin green frog)
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To: socialismisinsidious

oops. spray paint!


17 posted on 11/19/2004 12:55:21 PM PST by socialismisinsidious ("A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.")
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To: LouAvul

His defense was that he couldn't help it because he had Asperger's Syndrome.

http://brianoconnor.typepad.com/animal_crackers/2004/11/william_cottrel.html

I wonder what field he was working in at CIT and whether he took one of those political activism courses?


18 posted on 11/19/2004 12:59:48 PM PST by Cicero (Nil illegitemus carborundum est)
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To: pray4liberty

Yeah, vandalism against business is seen more as a first ammendment thing, I guess.

THIS sap deserves 55 yrs, too.


19 posted on 11/19/2004 1:01:28 PM PST by Smacky
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To: LouAvul

Obit: William Jensen Cottrell, American terrorist, raped to death in prison.


20 posted on 11/19/2004 1:04:19 PM PST by benjaminjjones
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