They strike again
Feds say guilty pleas expected in UW fire
SEATTLE (AP) - Federal prosecutors say they expect two people to
plead guilty tomorrow in an arson fire that destroyed the Center
for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington in Seattle
in May of 2001.
The fire was part of a string of arsons and other acts of
vandalism around the Northwest blamed on so-called ecoterrorists.
The Earth Liberation Front, a shadowy collection of
environmental activists, claimed responsibility for the U-W fire.
It issued a statement saying the hybrid poplars the center did
research on posed "an ecological nightmare" for the diversity of
native forests.
The U-S attorney's office in Seattle says the two defendants --
who have not been publicly identified -- are expected to enter
pleas tomorrow before U-S District Judge Franklin Burgess in Tacoma
(at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.).
A federal grand jury last May issued an indictment accusing five
people of being responsible for the fire. Two of those indicted
have not been publicly identified.
The Center for Urban Horticulture was eventually rebuilt at a
cost of about seven (m) million dollars.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Feds say guilty pleas expected in UW fire
SEATTLE (AP) - Federal prosecutors say they expect two people to
plead guilty tomorrow in an arson fire that destroyed the Center
for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington in Seattle
in May of 2001.
The fire was part of a string of arsons and other acts of
vandalism around the Northwest blamed on so-called ecoterrorists.
The Earth Liberation Front, a shadowy collection of
environmental activists, claimed responsibility for the U-W fire.
It issued a statement saying the hybrid poplars the center did
research on posed "an ecological nightmare" for the diversity of
native forests.
The U-S attorney's office in Seattle says the two defendants --
who have not been publicly identified -- are expected to enter
pleas tomorrow before U-S District Judge Franklin Burgess in Tacoma
(at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.).
A federal grand jury last May issued an indictment accusing five
people of being responsible for the fire. Two of those indicted
have not been publicly identified.
The Center for Urban Horticulture was eventually rebuilt at a
cost of about seven (m) million dollars.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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