Be Ever Vigilant!
Posted on 02/23/2006 5:56:05 PM PST by crazyhorse691
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal grand jury in Eugene on Thursday indicted two more people in the 2001 arson at a Clatskanie tree farm, court officials said, bringing the number charged in the case to six.
In all 14 people are charged in what government prosecutors describe as an arson conspiracy across several Western states over five years.
Nathan Frazer Block, 24, and Joyanna L. Zacher, 28, were arrested Thursday in Olympia, Wash., after the 14-count indictments were handed up.
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Government attorneys will seek their return to Eugene to face trial, said Karin Immergut, U.S. Attorney for Oregon.
They are charged with arson and attempted arson and with carrying and using a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence.
The latter charge alone carries a minimum 30-year sentence.
Already charged in the Jefferson Poplar Farm case are Kevin Tubbs, Stanislas Gregory Meyerhoff, Chelsea Dawn Gerlach, and Daniel Gerard McGowan, who face Oct. 31 trials in U.S. District Court in Eugene.
The government alleges the arson at the tree farm was part of a broad conspiracy from 1996 through 2001 in Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado and California, in which elements of the radical groups the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front allegedly took part.
Other defendants in the various arsons include Joseph Dibee, Josephine Sunshine Overaker, Rebecca Rubin, Jonathan Mark Christopher Paul, Sarah Kendall Harvey, Susan Savoie, and Darren Todd Thurston.
Other targets listed in the alleged conspiracy include the Superior Lumber Co. in Glendale, a plant inspection service facility in Olympia, a fire at U.S. Forest Industries in Medford, energy transmission towers in Eastern Oregon, a meatpacking company in Eugene, wild horse and burro facilities in California, a Colorado ski resort and an SUV dealership in Eugene.
"The fat lady is still singing :-)"
"She may have several more Arias to go!"
Here's hoping! ;o)
My wife grew up with a girl that had a wild horse. She said it's a real b***h to break 'em.
how come you never see 'em doing a sit-in on Kudzu?
LongElegantLegs,
that would be arson at a Taco Bell...
Cheers!
Enviro-wennies burning trees?????
Didn't you hear?
Anti-Tree-Hugger Napalm (heh heh) Sarcasm TorpedoTM ARMED. FIRE!!!
"We have to destroy the forest to save it."
For a minute, I thought it said "wild horse burrito facilities".
Can't be - everyone knows those are made from midnight raids on the "puppy pit" at the local dump.
We aim to please, bad puns my speciatly.
Also search under "General / Chat" for the keyword or title "Limerick" ...
Cheers!
Be Ever Vigilant!
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