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News >  Idaho

Mine Offers Reward For Explosives

Hecla Mining Co. is offering a $2,000 reward for the return of 500 pounds of explosives stolen last weekend in North Idaho, officials announced Friday. The "stick powder" explosive was stolen by thieves who used an acetylene torch to remove a padlock off a metal door on a munitions bunker at the Lucky Friday mine, near Wallace.

News >  Spokane

Suspect In Plot To Bomb Spokane Federal Building Denied Furlough

A federal prosecutor successfully blocked the release from jail of a man being investigated for a reported plot to blow up the federal building in Spokane. Darwin Michael Gray, 27, asked to get out of jail for a three-day furlough, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl Hicks said he poses a threat to the public. Gray is at the center of a continuing investigation of an alleged plot to use a fertilizer bomb to destroy the U.S. Court House at Riverside and Monroe, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl Hicks.
News >  Nation/World

Thieves Make Off With 500 Pounds Of Explosives Burglars With Acetylene Torch Break Into Lucky Friday Mine

Investigators are trying to find 500 pounds of explosives stolen Sunday in a daring daylight burglary at a North Idaho silver mine. Authorities say the theft is the first major one in the region in more than a decade. The highly explosive "stick powder" was stolen from the Lucky Friday mine near Mullan after a similar break-in at the Coeur mine near Osburn.
News >  Spokane

North Idaho Man Faces Bomb Charges Agents Think The Bomb May Have Been For Suicide Attempt

A 23-year-old North Idaho man caught with a pipe bomb in the Spokane Valley is being held in jail without bond after a detention hearing in U.S. District Court. Jeremy R. Oscarson, of Oldtown, was ordered detained Wednesday after U.S. Magistrate Cynthia Imbrogno determined he posed a danger or could flee. Oscarson is charged in a federal criminal complaint with possession of a pipe bomb.
News >  Nation/World

A Petri Dish For Racism Supremacists’ Message Spreading Through Nation, Butler Says

Political trends, including the militia movement and repeal of affirmative action programs, prove the Aryan Nations message is spreading, says founder Richard Butler. As the message spreads, many joining his white supremacy movement are Vietnam veterans who feel betrayed by their government, Butler said Friday. The loss of faith in government is fueled by events such as Waco and Ruby Ridge, Butler told reporters at the outset of this weekend's Aryan World Congress.
News >  Nation/World

Kicking Up A Furor But It Was The Same Old Song And Dance From Nazis

1. Supremacist serenade. Attendees of the Aryan Nations World Congress show their appreciation for an old Supremes hit on Friday. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 2. Members of the dance troupe, Class Act, perform "Stop! In the Name of Love" outside the Aryan Nations compound Friday. 3. Aryan Nations members take in show Friday. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Spokane

Inmate Continues To Threaten Profs Imprisoned Five Years For Pointing Gun, He Writes Letters To Two WSU Teachers

A man who served five years in prison for pointing a gun at his sociology professor now faces a federal indictment for mailing threatening letters. Donald W. Petersen, 48, threatened the lives of two Washington State University sociology professors whom he apparently believes blocked his path to a doctoral degree in 1973. Deputy U.S. marshals arrested Petersen on Monday as he was released from the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla after finishing his firearms sentence.
News >  Nation/World

Not Enough, Say Fbi Critics

The removal of the No. 2 man at the FBI for his role in the Randy Weaver siege in North Idaho isn't quieting critics. Weaver's attorney, Gerry Spence, says he has evidence suggesting FBI Director Louis Freeh should have known that the man he promoted in May to be the bureau's second-in-command approved illegal shoot-to-kill rules. Freeh removed Larry Potts Friday as the FBI's deputy director after another FBI supervisor admitted destroying documents showing that Potts OK'd the rules of engagement.
News >  Spokane

Fugitive Captured In Montana

A fugitive Spokane espresso stand owner will be returned from Montana where he was caught using a phony Massachusetts driver's license, authorities say. Darryl Hronek failed to surrender as he promised last summer to begin serving a 120-month sentence at a federal prison in Sheridan, Ore.
News >  Spokane

Bomb Suspect Strikes Plea Bargain Man Charged With Growing Marijuana After Atf Raid

A man under investigation for allegedly plotting to bomb the U.S. Court House in Spokane faces sentencing in October for growing marijuana. Darwin Michael Gray, a 27-year-old unemployed insulation installer, pleaded guilty to manufacturing marijuana and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He and his attorney, federal defender Gerald Smith, struck a plea bargain on July 5 with federal prosecutors, court documents show.
News >  Spokane

Investigators Try To Trace Pipe Bombs

Federal investigators in Spokane are still trying to find the source of two sophisticated pipe bombs that turned up six months ago.< The bombs - similar to homemade hand grenades - are made with explosive powder packed in a metal CO2 cannister.
News >  Spokane

Restaurants Allowed To Bar Hells Angels

Restaurants can refuse service to Hells Angels wearing their club insignia, a Spokane County judge has ruled. District Court Judge Mike Padden said members of the biker club aren't a "protected class" under anti-discrimination provisions of state or federal law.
News >  Nation/World

Radical Right Advocating Leaderless Cells Small, Independent Groups Work Toward A Common Anti-Government Goal

Copyright 1995, The Spokesman-Review Random acts involving bombs, poison and firearms have investigators wondering whether right-wing extremists are using "leaderless resistance" to terrorize the United States. The concept shuns leaders and identifiable organizations and instead uses small groups of people who work independently toward the same goal.
News >  Nation/World

Recent Acts Investigated

The concept of "leaderless resistance" is promoted by some militia groups and white supremacists. It involves small groups of people working independently toward common right-wing goals. Investigators wonder whether these recent acts are evidence of leaderless resistance: April 19, Oklahoma City - Federal building was bombed in the deadliest terrorist act committed in the United States. Three men are tied to the bombing and others being sought.
News >  Spokane

Man Sentenced For Not Reporting Stock Profits

A retired Spokane contractor will serve two years in federal prison for failing to report more than $1 million in stock profits. Richard E. Peters, who was sentenced Monday, also must pay $199,090 in restitution and $7,259 for the costs of prosecution. U.S. District Court Judge Frem Nielsen ordered Peters to serve one year of supervised parole after he is released from prison.