[Ppnews] Grand Jury Indicts 4 for 1998 Vail Firebombing

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Grand Jury Indicts 4 Accused Ecoterrorists for 1998 Vail Firebombing
Friday, May 19, 2006
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DENVER — A federal grand jury has indicted four 
people in a 1998 firebombing at the Vail ski 
resort that caused an estimated $12 million in 
damage, one of the most devastating ecoterrorism attacks in U.S. history.

Two of the suspects, Chelsea Gerlach, 29, and 
Stanislas Meyerhoff, 28, are in custody in Oregon 
facing arson charges in a separate case, prosecutors said Friday.

The whereabouts of the other two, Josephine 
Sunshine Overaker, 31, and Rebecca J. Rubin, 33, 
are unknown, U.S. attorney's spokesman Jeff Dorschner said.

The indictment, handed up late Thursday, accuses 
the four of setting fire to a lodge, two 
restaurants and at least five other buildings.

Responsibility for the Vail fire was claimed by 
the Earth Liberation Front, a shadowy underground 
group blamed for economic sabotage across the 
country that has resulted in tens of millions of 
dollars in damage. The FBI 
<http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm>describes 
the group as one of the nation's leading domestic 
terrorist organizations. ELF says harming people is not its intention.

Authorities had earlier said Gerlach was a prime 
suspect in the case. Her family said they believe she is innocent.

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