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</font>Woman pleads guilty in alleged plot to blow up Forest Service lab
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<dd>The Associated Press<br>
<dd>SACRAMENTO<br>
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<dd>One of three people accused of plotting to blow up a U.S. Forest
Service genetics lab and other targets pleaded guilty to conspiracy,
federal prosecutors said Tuesday.<br>
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<dd>Lauren Weiner, 20, of Pound Ridge, N.Y., agreed to cooperate with
investigators as part of her plea bargain.<br>
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<dd>That includes testifying against Eric McDavid, 28, of Foresthill,
Calif., and Zachary Jenson, 20, of Monroe, Wash. They remain in
Sacramento County Jail and could face five to 20 years in federal prison
if they are convicted of conspiring to use fire or explosives to damage
property.<br>
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<dd>The three were arrested Jan. 13 as they allegedly bought bomb-making
materials at a Kmart in Auburn, east of Sacramento.<br>
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<dd>Three days before their arrests, the three are alleged to have
scouted the Nimbus Dam and nearby fish hatchery on the American River
near Sacramento, and the Forest Service's Institute of Forest Genetics
near Placerville, in the foothills east of Sacramento.<br>
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<dd>The three planned to act in the name of the Earth Liberation Front, a
shadowy group of environmental activists, investigators said. However,
the FBI infiltrated the group with an undercover informant. The FBI
covertly rented the group a cabin in Dutch Flat, outside Auburn, after
agents wired the cabin for audio and video surveillance.<br>
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<dd>Weiner's sentencing is set for Aug. 8. McDavid and Jenson are set for
court appearances Aug. 15.<br>
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<dd>Published: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 18:57 PDT<br><br>
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