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Infoshop raided in Prescott, AZ by FBI
More than a dozen FBI agents, along with Joint Terrorism Taskforce and local police spent Wednesday afternoon and evening raiding The Catalyst Infoshop in Prescott. Agents detained Bill Rogers, of the Catalyst's founders, who is expected to be arraigned in Flagstaff at 10:00 am Thursday at the federal building, 200 N. San Francisco. Rogers was allegedly arrested in connection with an arson investigation which began in Portland on Wednesday.
As of 8:00 pm Wednesday night, the The Catalyst was still sealed off and full of federal agents. A lot of materials have been seized. The extent of the damage and seizures is not yet known. Collective members plan to open the space again as soon as possible.
FBI agenents also arrested Sarah Harvey in Flagstaff. More info coming soon.
Support will be needed for the arrestees and this important community center.
Also on Wednesday, Flagstaff Police pulled students involved in the group Youth of the Peaks out of their classes and interrogated them. Youth of the Peaks is part of the Save The Peaks! coalition, which has been organizing to stop the expansion of the Snow Bowl ski resort located in the San Francisco Peaks. There are also reports that police officers went through the high school and tore down all the Save the Peaks fliers that had been posted in the halls. This week was the Youth Mobilization Week, with an action summit planned for this weekend.
The Catalyst Infoshop served as an organizing hub for Save the Peaks during October and November while a trial was held in Prescott (AZ IMC: 1, 2, 3 ) where several Native American tribes were suing Coconino National Forest.
It is unclear whether the police's actions in Prescott and Flagstaff are related. The warrant issued at the Catalyst also had people's names from other states. More information will be posted as it comes in.
FBI agenents also arrested Sarah Harvey in Flagstaff. More info coming soon.
Support will be needed for the arrestees and this important community center.
Also on Wednesday, Flagstaff Police pulled students involved in the group Youth of the Peaks out of their classes and interrogated them. Youth of the Peaks is part of the Save The Peaks! coalition, which has been organizing to stop the expansion of the Snow Bowl ski resort located in the San Francisco Peaks. There are also reports that police officers went through the high school and tore down all the Save the Peaks fliers that had been posted in the halls. This week was the Youth Mobilization Week, with an action summit planned for this weekend.
The Catalyst Infoshop served as an organizing hub for Save the Peaks during October and November while a trial was held in Prescott (AZ IMC: 1, 2, 3 ) where several Native American tribes were suing Coconino National Forest.
It is unclear whether the police's actions in Prescott and Flagstaff are related. The warrant issued at the Catalyst also had people's names from other states. More information will be posted as it comes in.
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SEATTLE -- Six people have been arrested in connection with ecoterrorism attacks in Oregon and Washington dating back to 1998, including the destruction of a Bonneville Power Administration tower near Bend on the eve of the millennium, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
The arrests were made Wednesday in New York, Virginia, Oregon and Arizona, and each of the defendants has been indicted in Oregon or Washington, the U.S. attorney's office here said. Besides the tower's destruction, the attacks included three arsons in Oregon and one in Olympia.
One of the fires caused more than $500,000 in damage, and the other three caused more than $1 million, investigators said. The Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation front took credit for most of the acts.
Here are the names of the six people who have been arrested:
Stanislas Gregory Meyerhoff, 28, was arrested in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Daniel Gerard McGowan, 31, was arrested in New York City on the indictment accusing them of the 2001 fires at the Superior Lumber Company in Glendale, Oregon, and the Jefferson Poplar Farm in Clatskanie, Oregon. If convicted they could be sentenced to life in prison.
Kevin M. Tubbs, 36, was arrested in Springfield, Oregon, and William C. Rodgers, 40, was arrested in Prescott, Arizona. They were indicted for the 1998 fire at the Animal and Plant and Health Inspection facility at Olympia. If convicted they face up to 20 years in prison.
Sarah Kendall Harvey, 28, was arrested in Flagstaff, Arizona, on the indictment for the 1998 arson at U.S. Forest Industries in Medford, Oregon. If convicted she faces up to 20 years in prison.
Chelsea Dawn Gerlach, 28, of Portland was arrested on the indictment for the 1999 destruction of the B.P.A. transmission tower near Bend. If convicted she faces up to 25 years in prison.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press
The arrests were made Wednesday in New York, Virginia, Oregon and Arizona, and each of the defendants has been indicted in Oregon or Washington, the U.S. attorney's office here said. Besides the tower's destruction, the attacks included three arsons in Oregon and one in Olympia.
One of the fires caused more than $500,000 in damage, and the other three caused more than $1 million, investigators said. The Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation front took credit for most of the acts.
Here are the names of the six people who have been arrested:
Stanislas Gregory Meyerhoff, 28, was arrested in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Daniel Gerard McGowan, 31, was arrested in New York City on the indictment accusing them of the 2001 fires at the Superior Lumber Company in Glendale, Oregon, and the Jefferson Poplar Farm in Clatskanie, Oregon. If convicted they could be sentenced to life in prison.
Kevin M. Tubbs, 36, was arrested in Springfield, Oregon, and William C. Rodgers, 40, was arrested in Prescott, Arizona. They were indicted for the 1998 fire at the Animal and Plant and Health Inspection facility at Olympia. If convicted they face up to 20 years in prison.
Sarah Kendall Harvey, 28, was arrested in Flagstaff, Arizona, on the indictment for the 1998 arson at U.S. Forest Industries in Medford, Oregon. If convicted she faces up to 20 years in prison.
Chelsea Dawn Gerlach, 28, of Portland was arrested on the indictment for the 1999 destruction of the B.P.A. transmission tower near Bend. If convicted she faces up to 25 years in prison.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press
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Brooklyn activist faces life in prison on 16-count arson indictment
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1788950_comment.php
Brooklyn activist faces life in prison on 16-count arson indictment
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1788950_comment.php
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