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WEST COVINA, Calif. (Sept. 13) - Federal agents arrested a 25-year-old man for investigation of arson and vandalism that caused $1 million in damages last month at a Hummer dealership, police said.
Joshua Thomas Connole, of Pomona, was arrested at home early Friday, said Cpl. Rudy Lopez, a West Covina police spokesman.
Fires that broke out Aug. 22 gutted a parts warehouse and destroyed 20 Hummer H2 sport utility vehicles at a West Covina dealership. Another 20 Hummers and several Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs were badly damaged by fire and spray-painting.
Three other dealerships and at least four privately owned vehicles in the area also were damaged during the vandalism spree.
Words such as ''ELF,'' ''Fat, Lazy Americans'' and ''I (heart) pollution'' were painted on the SUVs.
''ELF'' stands for Earth Liberation Front, a loose association of militant environmentalists. The group, which has taken responsibility for other acts of arson and vandalism, claimed in an unsigned e-mail that the SUV fires were ''ELF actions.''
Lopez said it had not been determined whether Connole belonged to the group.
Connole was booked for investigation of felony arson and vandalism, Lopez said. He was being held at the West Covina Police Department with bail set at $825,000. Arraignment was set for Monday.
Lopez said the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were continuing an investigation of federal crimes, which would be added to Connole's state crimes charges.
The FBI after the arson and vandalism spree released surveillance video from a Ford dealership in Duarte that showed two young men spray-painting SUVS.
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WEST COVINA, Calif. (Sept. 13) - Federal agents arrested a 25-year-old man for investigation of arson and vandalism that caused $1 million in damages last month at a Hummer dealership, police said.
Joshua Thomas Connole, of Pomona, was arrested at home early Friday, said Cpl. Rudy Lopez, a West Covina police spokesman.
Fires that broke out Aug. 22 gutted a parts warehouse and destroyed 20 Hummer H2 sport utility vehicles at a West Covina dealership. Another 20 Hummers and several Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs were badly damaged by fire and spray-painting.
Three other dealerships and at least four privately owned vehicles in the area also were damaged during the vandalism spree.
Words such as ''ELF,'' ''Fat, Lazy Americans'' and ''I (heart) pollution'' were painted on the SUVs.
''ELF'' stands for Earth Liberation Front, a loose association of militant environmentalists. The group, which has taken responsibility for other acts of arson and vandalism, claimed in an unsigned e-mail that the SUV fires were ''ELF actions.''
Lopez said it had not been determined whether Connole belonged to the group.
Connole was booked for investigation of felony arson and vandalism, Lopez said. He was being held at the West Covina Police Department with bail set at $825,000. Arraignment was set for Monday.
Lopez said the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were continuing an investigation of federal crimes, which would be added to Connole's state crimes charges.
The FBI after the arson and vandalism spree released surveillance video from a Ford dealership in Duarte that showed two young men spray-painting SUVS.
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09-13-2003, 09:37 AM
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AWESOME!!!!!!!
Hope they treat him right in the can. Uh, by "the can" I mean jail of course 
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09-13-2003, 11:44 AM
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These guys are screwed if they get the terrorism charges. What a bunch of idiots. They just ruined their lives by burning up suv's. I wonder how they'll feel about that about 10 years into their sentence.
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09-13-2003, 12:05 PM
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They should cane them.
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09-13-2003, 12:25 PM
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Go HeeHaw.
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09-13-2003, 12:42 PM
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This was ONE of the guys they have been following for about 3 weeks. They are following another idiot as well and you can expect another arrest here shortly, providing he doesn't turn himself in.
My buddy at West Covina said "These are the guys, no doubt about it!"
See ya
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09-13-2003, 02:41 PM
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I hope they throw the book at them. These people are a serious danger to our society, they bombed a drug company in the Bay Area weeks or 10 days ago, they want to turn US into something like a battleground, maybe like Palestine, they are terrorists.
I worry, because in the past, at least in Northern California and San Francisco, the judges usually let them go without serious charges or no charge at all. If you follow the riot or potest news stories, they smashed the stores and cars, police arrested 200 potesters, but generally none of them spend any jail time except the first night, if any. In fact, some of them will turn around and sue the City and police for the arrest treatment, they have good lawyers, they generally win big bucks.
The judges have to know this is not political nor free speech, but pure terrorism.
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There is the ELF guy up here in Portland named Tre Arrow, who has done a bunch of bombing of logging trucks and stuff. The FBI has been hunting him for years now, but all the damn hippies are aiding and abbeting his ass. I hate stupid hippies. There are an awful lot of thos vegetarian chai drinking *******s around here.
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09-13-2003, 05:57 PM
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If his bail is set at $825,000 you can bet they have a very good case.
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09-13-2003, 07:16 PM
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09-14-2003, 03:11 PM
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Softtail - Bubba who? He's still there? Well I guess big ol' Tyrone will be competing with Bubba for the ELF's. It'll be like a little schoolboy trying to fight Mike Tyson. I wish I knew security guards at that prison.....  These ELF guys are ****ing retarded. They should be put in a giant escape proof aquarium and placed on display in the center of the city for all the watch.
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OH MAN....... I live in Pomona , where they cought this guy 
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