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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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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
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Newspaper Index
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Josh Connole, held in SUV vandalism case, filed a complaint against West Covina and the U. S. Justice Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26503
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2003 p. A3
October 9, 2003 p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2003 p. A3
October 9, 2003 p. A4
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberatiion Front (ELF)
Connole, Josh
Item ID
26704AN
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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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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Joshua Connole was released due to lack of evidence and the same day, an anonymous caller said he is a member of ELF and is responsible for the attacks on the San Gabriel Valley Hummers and SUVs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26334
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Connole, Joshua
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Item ID
26534AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A judge wants to know why information used to justify the arrest of Josh Connole in connection with ecoterrorism in Arcadia, Duarte and West Covina remains sealed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27379
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Connole, Josh
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
27578AN
Collection
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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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
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2003
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p. A1
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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
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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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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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One year ago, alleged ecoterrorists Connole and Cottrell attacked Rusnak Mercedes Benz in Arcadia and other SUV dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley. The article includes a recap of events since the attack.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29038
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2004
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2004
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Rusnak, Mercedes Benz
Connole, Josh
Cottrell, Bill
Earth Liberation Front
SUV dealerships
Item ID
29225AN
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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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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
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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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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The United States Department of Justice made a formal apology in a letter to 27-year-old Joshua Connole for arresting him after sport utility vehicles (SUV) were vandalized at dealerships in West Covina, Monrovia, Duarte, and Arcadia. He is now no longer a suspect and lives in Oregon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29804
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
United States Department of Justice
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists and ecoterrorism
Connole, Joshua
Car Dealerships
Arson
Item ID
29989AN
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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
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Newspaper Index
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William Cottrell is charged in firebombing and vandalizing of sport utility vehicles and is denied bail.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27847
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Cottrell, William Jensen
Vandalism
Item ID
28044AN
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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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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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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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