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May 8, 2008 6:54 pm US/Pacific
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CA. Eco-Terror Plot Brings 20-Year Sentence
SACRAMENTO (AP) ―
An environmental activist has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to destroy a Northern California dam, a genetics lab and other targets.
Eric McDavid, 29, of Foresthill, was convicted in March for masterminding what FBI agents described as an eco-terrorist plot in the name of the Earth Liberation Front. The group has claimed credit for arsons across the West.
McDavid's defense lawyer argued that his client was a victim of entrapment by an FBI informant.
Two co-conspirators pleaded guilty and testified against McDavid. They are awaiting sentencing.
According to court testimony, the three considered bombing Nimbus Dam and the U.S. Forest Service's Institute of Forest Genetics in Placerville, both east of Sacramento. They were arrested after buying what prosecutors said were bomb-making supplies.
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