Posted on 10/01/2006 8:02:53 AM PDT by george76
1998 Fires At Vail Ski Resort Cost $12 Million In Damage.
Two people accused of setting the 1998 fire at the Vail ski resort will be sentenced in December on eight counts of arson stemming from the blaze that caused some $12 million in damage.
Chelsea Gerlach and Stanislas Meyerhoff, both 29, were arraigned Wednesday in federal court in Eugene. They are to enter pleas and be sentenced on Dec. 14, when they are also to be sentenced for other arson-related crimes to which they pleaded guilty in July.
Under plea deals, both agreed to have the Colorado charges transferred to Oregon to be settled along with their other arson cases.
The Vail crimes focused national attention on radical environmentalists who credited their attacks to the secretive Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front. The Vail fires are one of 18 separate attacks charged to a group of 13 people between 1996 and 2001.
Meyerhoff, who renounced ELF, earlier pleaded guilty to 54 charges related to seven separate attacks in a plea deal for a recommendation from federal prosecutors that he be sentenced to 15 years and eight months, according to court records.
As part of his deal, authorities in Michigan, Arizona, Washington, Wyoming and California will not prosecute potential cases against him, court records showed.
Gerlach pleaded guilty to 18 charges in five separate attacks. She has apologized for the harm and fear created by her actions, which she said were motivated by "a deep sense of despair and anger at the deteriorating state of the global environment."
Prosecutors have recommended Gerlach get a 10-year sentence. Authorities in Wyoming, Washington and California agreed not to pursue potential cases against Gerlach, according to court records.
Of the 13 defendants, six have pleaded guilty, four face trial and three are fugitives.
Finally?
Off with their heads.
This is taking a long time.
Its a real shame most prison commissary accounts now have
strict limits as to how much a person can have on hand at any one time. There was a time when arrangements could
have been made for some biker lifer to live high off the hog for the rest of his/her sentence, in exchange "re-educating" indiviudals such as this.
Way to go Mr. Non-Renewable Resource... :)
Death by plastic bag.
Nice choice.
Probably tried his macrame string bag from the "food for people, not for profit" co-op first.
Hang 'em high.
Been hangin' in coffee houses in hippie reservation, Flagstaff, AZ, out on bond. (At least she's not being exposed to the dangers of second hand smoke in the bars which is funny considering her penchant for setting large fires.)
Hell, it's a face for Morse Code transmissions!
Ms. Rubin, who is still on the run, may have shaved her mustache in an attempt to improve ... I mean... change her appearance.
Every bit of their wages beyond minimal living expenses should be garnish for life.
She's blazing hot!
LOL
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