Posted on 10/14/2005 3:54:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Three people pleaded guilty Friday in firebombing incidents linked to a shadowy group the FBI calls an eco-terrorist organization.
Ryan Daniel Lewis, 22, pleaded guilty to attempted arson and arson. Sisters Eva Rose Holland, 26, and Lili Marie Holland, 21, each pleaded guilty to attempted arson. All are from Newcastle, a Sierra foothills community east of Sacramento.
The three were charged with attempting to burn down two unoccupied homes last December in an upscale development in suburban Sacramento.
Lewis also admitted to two attacks on buildings under construction in the Sierra foothills. He set fire to a Sutter Creek apartment complex in February, causing an estimated $50,000 in damage, and tried to firebomb an Auburn office building in January.
At sentencing, set for Jan. 13, Lewis could receive up to 60 years in prison and the others could get up to 20 years. A fourth defendant is awaiting trial.
Letters to newspapers and graffiti left at two of the construction sites claimed the Earth Liberation Front was responsible.
The FBI says ELF is responsible for more than $100 million in damage since 1996. Its members communicate over the Internet and their identities often are unknown even to each other, officials say.
Maximum sentences!
And make sure they offer recompense to those who lost money.
4th defendant Jeremiah Colcleasure
Give them a nice time in prison to help develop that sense of accountability for ones own actions.
Also make them pay back every dime for the destruction they caused via wage garnishing once they get out.
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