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William Jensen Cottrell, ecoterrorist, accused of involvement in the San Gabriel Valley vandalism of SUVs and Hummers, was questioned by the FBI in January.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27842
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Cottrell, William Jensen
Vandalism
Item ID
28039AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Authorities say an E-mail unlocked a door into a string of vandalism and arson cases at SUV dealerships and led to the arrest of William Jensen Cottrell.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27846
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Cottrell, William Jensen
Vandalism
Item ID
28043AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Cal Tech student William Jensen Cottrell, allegedly connected with an ecoterrorist group in connection with vandalism at Rusnak Mercedes-Benz and other car dealershships in the San Gabriel Valley, was arrested by the FBI.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27839
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Item ID
28036AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A profile of William Jensen Cottrell and his attorney Stephen Alexander. Cottrell is the alleged ecoterrorist who spray-painted and torched 133 SUVs in the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27840
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Cottrell, William Jensen
Vandalism
Alexander, Stephen
Item ID
28037AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), a former Caltech physics student who was in prison for participating in firebombing 100 vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley (Duarte, Arcadia, West Covina) in 2003, will be resentenced. The federal court has dropped arson charges against him but he remains convicted on a conspiracy charge. He could be released or face more prison time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31805
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32002AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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FBI officials have new leads after viewing a videotape of two men vandalizing San Gabriel Valley auto dealerships, including Rusnak Mercedes-Benz in Arcadia. ELF has claimed responsibility for the vandalism on SUVs and Hummers vehicles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26171
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Item ID
26371AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A federal apeals court overturned William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), convictions on two counts of arson for his role in the 2003 torching of several sport utility vehicles (SUV) at San Gabriel Valley car dealers, attacks authorities blamed on a radical environmentalist group. The court ruled that the judge in his trial should have allowed testimony regarding Cottrell's Asperger's Syndrome, a disability that could have affected the jury's decision.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31675
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
31873AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Attorney Michael Mayock, representing convicted client Billy Cottrell, seeks a verdict reversal for the 2003 fire-bombing of sport utility vehicles (SUV) at a San Gabriel Valley automobile dealership. He says the jury did not know about Cottrell's Asperger's Syndrome, a neurological disorder. Cottrell's prison situation is 'nightmarish.'

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30243
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Prison
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
United States Court of Appeals
Vandalism
Item ID
30430AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Caltech graduate student William "Billy" Cottrell was re-sentenced to serve at least 18 more months in prison for participating in a vandalism spree in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31822
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32019AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joshua Connole, suspected of vandalizing SUVs at several auto dealerships, was freed from jail.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26245
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists
Connole, Joshua
Item ID
26446AN
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Newspaper Index
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A $25,000 reward has been approved for information leading to an arrest of the ecoterrorists who attacked several sports utility vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26178
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Hummers
Vandalism
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Ecoterrorists
Item ID
26378AN
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Newspaper Index
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Members of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) torched and vandalized Hummers and other SUVs in a series of San Gabriel Valley attacks which included 9 vehicles at Rusnak Mercedes-Benz in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26172
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6, A7
Subjects
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Item ID
26372AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A DNA match becomes the first physical evidence connecting Billy Cottrell with the ecoterrorist attacks on SUV dealerships last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29035
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Item ID
29222AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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ELF vows increased activist attacks. The radical ecoterrorists group vandalized Hummers and SUVs in West Covina, Duarte, Arcadia and Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26237
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
RUSNAK - Mercedes Benz
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Item ID
26438AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A reward has been set at $100,000 for finding the ELF ecoterrorists who vandalized Hummers and SUVs at several San Gabriel Valley dealerships.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26239
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
RUSNAK - Mercedes Benz
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Item ID
26440AN
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Newspaper Index
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A memo issued to police agencies said that the radical ELF could resort to vandalism. Specific locations were not named and police did not think the warning was credible.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26744
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2003
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p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Item ID
26946AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New legislation by Chris Chocola would define ecoterrorism and would mandate federal prison time. This bill targets the San Gabriel Valley SUV dealership vandals.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26892
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Hummers
Item ID
27092AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The car dealerships hit by ELF vandalism were back to business on Sunday. Ecoterrorists attacks destroyed 20 Hummers and other SUVs were damaged in the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26173
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Item ID
26373AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In William Cottrell's trial, the jury never got to hear evidence about his Asperger's Syndrome. Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled that Asperger's could not be introduced at trial as a legal defense. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Klausner's ruling was a mistake and tossed out Cottrell's arson convictions, leaving only the conspiracy count. Last week Cottrell was re-sentenced to the original 100-month term for the conspiracy conviction, after prosecutors declined to retry the arson counts. One reason federal officials declined was because they did not want Asperger's Syndrome established as a viable legal defense.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31824
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Asperger's Syndrome
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32021AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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U. S. District Court will unseal the SUV vandalism warrant for the arrest of Josh Connole, a peace activist who was never charged in connection with ecoterrorism in the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27900
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hummers
Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Vandalism
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Conolle, Josh
Cottrell, William
Item ID
28096AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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