Feds arrest six in ecoterrorism investigation
OregonLive ^ | Dec.8,2005 | unattributed
Posted on 12/08/2005 7:45:32 PM EST by crazyhorse691
Federal authorities announced Thursday the biggest eco-terrorism bust in U.S. history, clearing up a series of arsons that plagued the Pacific Northwest from 1998 to 2001.
The U.S. Attorney for Oregon, Karen J. Immergut, announced the arrests of six alleged ecosaboteurs from Portland to New York accused of taking part in four arsons attributed to the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front, as well as the vandalizing of power transmission lines.
The nine-year investigation cleared up, in order, the June 1998 arson of a U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Olympia; the December 1998 torching of U.S. Forest Industries in Medford; the January 2001 arson at Superior Lumber Co. in Glendale; and the May 2001 arson at Jefferson Poplar Farms in Clatskanie.
Authorities also announced they have cleared up the downing of a power transmission line near Bend on the eve of the 2000 millennium celebration.
Arrested were Sanislas G. Meyerhoff, 28, in Charlottesville, Va.; Daniel G. McGowan, 31, in New York; Kevin M. Tubbs, 36, in Springfield, Ore.; William C. Rodgers, 40, of Prescott, Ariz.; Sarah K. Harvey, 28, in Flagstaff, Ariz.; and Chelsea D. Gerlach, 28, in Portland.
Each of the six was charged with taking part in one or more of the crimes.
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Thanks, more terrorists.
It would appear that part of the "tree Branch on electric line" accidents, has a terrorist putting it there.
Thank you jer33 3.
That is interesting.
That's great.
It's tough to catch those ecoterrorists.
They're older in age than I would have expected.