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<b>Grand Jury Indicts 4 Accused Ecoterrorists for 1998 Vail
Firebombing</b> <br>
Friday, May 19, 2006<br>
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<b>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</b> attacks in U.S.
history. <br>
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Two of the suspects, <b>Chelsea Gerlach</b>, 29, and <b>Stanislas
Meyerhoff</b>, 28, are in custody in Oregon facing arson charges in a
separate case, prosecutors said Friday.<br>
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The whereabouts of the other two, <b>Josephine Sunshine Overaker</b>, 31,
and <b>Rebecca J. Rubin</b>, 33, are unknown, U.S. attorney's spokesman
Jeff Dorschner said.<br>
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The indictment, handed up late Thursday, accuses the four of setting fire
to a lodge, two restaurants and at least five other buildings.<br>
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Responsibility for the Vail fire was claimed by the <b>Earth Liberation
Front</b>, a shadowy underground group blamed for economic sabotage
across the country that has resulted in tens of millions of dollars in
damage. The FBI
<a href="http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm">
describes the group</a> as one of the nation's leading domestic terrorist
organizations. ELF says harming people is not its intention.<br>
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Authorities had earlier said Gerlach was a prime suspect in the case. Her
family said they believe she is innocent.<br>
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