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'Occupy' protester arrested in $10M Fort Collins condo fire
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| November 4, 2011
Posted on 11/04/2011 3:15:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A Fort Collins man was in jail Friday to face charges related to a fire that burned two buildings and caused $10 million damage.
Police arrested Benjamin Gilmore, 29 Thursday night. He's accused of setting the fire in a 4-story building that was under construction at 311 Mason St.
That fire spread to Penny Flats, a nearby building that had condominiums and stores in it.
Investigators determined the fire was arson.
It broke out at 3:30 a.m. on October 24. The building that was under construction was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
Investigators from the National Response Team of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms worked with Poudre Fire Authority and Fort Collins Police. The investigators spent six days at the site of the fire before releasing it to the property owners.
Gilmore is under investigation for 1st degree Arson, 2nd degree Burglary and Criminal Mischief. His advisement hearing is scheduled to happen Friday afternoon.
Gilmore is well-known at the Occupy Ft. Collins protest. He was interviewed about the goals of the protest in an article by Kevin Mussman that sppeared on TRI-102.5 radio's website.
That happened before the fire.
Gilmore is described as a business owner and war veteran in the article.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: arson; colorado; crime; hippies; occupy; occupywallstreet
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Bolsheviks.
To: 2ndDivisionVet; beaversmom
Stalinist thug trying to foment a marxist revolution.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:18:12 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A country out of control. Gee! Thanks Barry! This “fundamental transformation” crap is a real hoot!
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:18:33 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Stop Government Greed Now!!!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This scumbag better be looking at prison time...
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:20:33 PM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Thank Gawd we have 0bama to bring us all together or things would be really, REALLY bad!
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:22:13 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Here's
an updated article. The judge denied a reduction in the $250,000 bail this afternoon set by the judge that signed his arrest warrant on Thursday.
Yeah, it was a real sad scene at the bond hearing today. His mommy showed up and the scumbag defendant's voice was shaking as he pled for a lower bail so he could "go home to his family." He also whined about how "cold" it was in the Larimer County Detention Center and how hard it was to take after spending so many weeks out in the cold with the other protesters.
Poor baby. I hope they shut the heat off completely until his next court appearance next Thursday.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:26:24 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Herman Cain 2012)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Investigators determined the fire was arson. It broke out at 3:30 a.m. on October 24. The building that was under construction was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Hmmm. Anyone check the finances of the builder? Or the buyer? Or their political affiliations?
Follow the money.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:30:33 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(History will show the Illuminati won the ultimate Darwin Award.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama supports takeover by mobocracy in the Middle East. OWS is mobocracy in America.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sounds like a Bill Ayers wanna-be.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:34:34 PM PDT
by
South40
(Heartless since 1957)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sounds like a Earth First human slug
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:36:52 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think It’s to find out where these yutes live or where their parents live and do some damage to their property.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:39:40 PM PDT
by
jetson
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Almost certainly associated with EarthFirst.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:40:29 PM PDT
by
Eccl 10:2
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Rapists and arsonists.
Those are the faces of the OWsers.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:46:21 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
![](http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/tri1025.com/files/2011/10/IMG_0254-630x472.jpg)
here he is...
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Has the anointed Obammy commented on his peoples actions???
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:50:28 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
To: SamAdams76
How pathetic. The vanguard of the revolution is cold and wants to go home to Mommy.
To: who knows what evil?
This scumbag better be looking at prison time...Only for releasing all that CO2.
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posted on
11/04/2011 3:57:18 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: BookmanTheJanitor
He is a veteran. Lost his left hand in war. Registered Republican (or so our local lib rag was quick to point out). I live near his little honey shop.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Methinks these “Occupies” are hoping to grow in number. Why? So they can become a raging mob backed by SEIU and Move On permitting Obama to declare Marshall Law and not have an election. Thus the anointed one will initiate his dictatorship, the 4th Reich. Why the 4th Reich and not the USSA? Because all Socialists are the same, some National others International; both with the same goals.
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posted on
11/04/2011 4:02:02 PM PDT
by
Tuketu
(Socialize the Legal System. Then we are all equal before the law.)
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