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Self-described anarchist gets 10 years in Ohio bridge bombing plot
Source: Reuters
Self-described anarchist gets 10 years in Ohio bridge bombing plot
By Kim Palmer
AKRON, Ohio | Mon Oct 7, 2013 6:09pm EDT
(Reuters) - A self-described anarchist found guilty of conspiring to destroy a bridge that runs through a park 30 miles south of Cleveland was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday.
Joshua Stafford was the only one of five defendants in the bombing plot to take his case to trial. The 24-year-old acted as his own attorney, and called only himself as a witness, during the three-day federal trial in Akron in June.
The men were accused of plotting in April 2012 to blow up a bridge that runs through Cuyahoga Valley National Park. They were arrested after leaving two tool boxes at the base of the bridge that contained inert C-4 explosives purchased from an undercover FBI agent.
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Stafford was convicted on June 10 of three counts of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and other charges, and had faced a possible life sentence. His four co-defendants, Douglas Wright, Brandon Baxter, Connor Stevens and Anthony Hayne, pleaded guilty to the plot and received sentences ranging from six to more than 10 years.
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By Kim Palmer
AKRON, Ohio | Mon Oct 7, 2013 6:09pm EDT
(Reuters) - A self-described anarchist found guilty of conspiring to destroy a bridge that runs through a park 30 miles south of Cleveland was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday.
Joshua Stafford was the only one of five defendants in the bombing plot to take his case to trial. The 24-year-old acted as his own attorney, and called only himself as a witness, during the three-day federal trial in Akron in June.
The men were accused of plotting in April 2012 to blow up a bridge that runs through Cuyahoga Valley National Park. They were arrested after leaving two tool boxes at the base of the bridge that contained inert C-4 explosives purchased from an undercover FBI agent.
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Stafford was convicted on June 10 of three counts of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and other charges, and had faced a possible life sentence. His four co-defendants, Douglas Wright, Brandon Baxter, Connor Stevens and Anthony Hayne, pleaded guilty to the plot and received sentences ranging from six to more than 10 years.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/07/us-usa-security-cleveland-idUSBRE9960WC20131007
