Rebecca Rubin turned herself in after 7 years on the run. She was wanted for Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front arsons as part of what was dubbed the “Green Scare case”, in which 13 people were charged with nearly 20 fires.
Rebecca Rubin plead guilty to participating in and/or planning four arsons:
1997: Freeing 400 wild horses and setting fire to a U.S.
Bureau of Land management corral in Burns, Oregon. (Claimed by the
Animal Liberation Front)
1998: Participating in the planning of a fire at a Vail ski resort in Colorado.
1998: Fire at the headquarters of U.S. Forest Industries in
Medford, Oregon (claimed by the Earth Liberation Front)
2001: Freeing horses and setting fire to a BLM horse and burro
corral at Litchfield, California. (Claimed by the Animal
Liberation Front)
Rubin was a fugitive for 7 years. Reportedly, she was set to turn herself in as early as 2009, however prosecutors would not agree to any plea agreement that did not involve Rubin implicating her codefendants, which Rubin refused to do.
According to her plea agreement, the government will not ask the judge for a sentence longer than 7.5 years. Her sentencing is set for Jan. 27
Of the 13 charged, two remain fugitives: Joseph Dibee and Josephine Sunshine Overaker.
Infos:
http://totalliberation.blogsport.de
