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| ELF Sympathizer Nabbed in SUV Dealership Fires |
| 2003-09-14 |
| WEST COVINA, Calif. - Federal agents arrested a 25-year-old member of a co-op dedicated to peace and environmentalism in connection with arson fires and vandalism that did $1 million in damage to a Hummer dealership. Joshua Thomas Connole, of Pomona, was arrested at home Friday, said Cpl. Rudy Lopez, a West Covina police spokesman. He was booked for investigation of felony arson and vandalism and jailed $825,000 bail. The fires 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 paint. 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. In a phone interview from jail with the Los Angeles Times, Connole denied involvement in the vandalism. "I didn’t have anything to do with that," Connole said. "Nope, nope, wudn’t me, it was, um, somebody else." "I didn’t know what Earth Liberation Front was about." "I was just moking meed." After the arson and vandalism spree, the FBI released surveillance video from a Ford dealership in Duarte that showed two young men spray-painting SUVS. The Times, citing sources it did not identify, said Connole could be seen on one surveillance tape just before dozens of vehicles were torched. Connole insisted in the interview that the person on the tape doesn’t look anything like him. "Lies! All lies!" |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #15 u are morons havn't u ever heard of the concept of innocent untill proven guilty!!!! if ur so sure i did it how come they relesed me after finding that they had no evidence!!! get a life and something to belive in while your at it!!! |
| Posted by: joshua connole 2003-9-17 1:29:18 AM |
| #14 This will fall on deaf ears, but... In my opinion, anyone who would purchase a Hummer, Expedition, or similar oversize vehicle in the wake of 9-11 is either: (a) a complete buffoon, (b) a traitor, or (c) someone gripped by fears that he/she feels can be solved by driving a vehicle that uses more energy in a year than your average Third World village. Don't you care that 25% of your gas comes from the Middle East? Have you forgotten that most of the 9-11 hijackers were Saudis. Wake up and smell the fumes, for Chrissake! Connole is a true patriot. And whatever fate awaits him, at least he isn't being sodomized by a Saudi gas nozzle... |
| Posted by: Older Patriot 2003-9-16 7:48:30 PM |
| #13 That's one for Pim Fortuyn.... |
| Posted by: American conspirator 2003-9-14 11:02:33 PM |
| #12 They got a surveilance tape? Hey, they can't do that! I'm dedicated to peace and the environment! Can't wait til he's got "I (heart) sodomy" tattooed on his ass. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-9-14 9:56:52 PM |
| #11 Tube steak for this fool. Yep.. beef, pork and chicken in the mess hall, tube steak in his cell. He'll be eating PLENTY of meat by the time he's out of jail. Mwhehehehehe... |
| Posted by: Ed Becerra 2003-9-14 6:49:11 PM |
| #10 Tube steak for this fool. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-9-14 2:20:31 PM |
| #9 wonder if the hard boys in jail will sympathize or make him eat meat? Tossed salad, anyone? |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-9-14 1:21:38 PM |
| #8 I hope the police take him everywhere he has to go in a police Hummer. Poetic justice. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-9-14 12:34:28 PM |
| #7 the pencil-neck geek is also a vegan...wonder if the hard boys in jail will sympathize or make him eat meat? like to see who's on his email address book |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-14 12:22:20 PM |
| #6 Bah, even I can do 1 mill damage at a hummer dealership, just slash a tire... |
| Posted by: flash91 - fatwah you talkin bout willis 2003-9-14 11:45:26 AM |
| #5 Wonder what they'll find on his PC. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-14 10:17:24 AM |
| #4 Hey bunny-lover, try going after some real Hummers sometime. Fort Irwin isn't too far away, and they'll even give you the videotape as a souvenir memento, entitled "Why Josh Always Has Headaches Now" |
| Posted by: (lowercase) matt 2003-9-14 10:08:09 AM |
| #3 Break that f*cker open like a cheap shotgun! |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-9-14 9:05:37 AM |
| #2 Inconvenient, having that surveillance tape, ain't it? |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-9-14 9:04:25 AM |
| #1 Good,double good. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-9-14 7:27:09 AM |