Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Nine years for Vail eco-terrorist
Good!...
Steve Lipsher reports in the Denver Post:
"Chelsea Gerlach, 30, joined the radical-environmental movement as a teenager.
Chelsea Gerlach, who joined the radical-environmental movement as a teenager, was sentenced today in Oregon to nine years in prison for her prominent role in torching a Vail ski lodge in 1998 and five other so-called 'eco-terror' attacks.
Gerlach, 30, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, destruction of an energy facility and 23 counts of arson after being identified by an informant as a major player in a six-year reign of attacks on government, business and research facilities.
As a member of a small clandestine group that called itself 'The Family,' Gerlach and others helped cell leader Bill Rodgers in October 1998 haul fuel up Vail ski area. There, under the cloak of darkness, he torched the stately Two Elk Lodge and several other buildings and lifts, causing an estimated $24 million in damage."
