Radical environmentalist gets five years probation

Associated Press  June 03, 2008
http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/06/radical_environmentalist_gets.html

EUGENE - A radical environmentalist who helped federal officials round up
a militant cell of arsonists called "the Family" has been sentenced to
five years on probation.

Jacob Ferguson pleaded guilty in October to arson and attempted arson for
his role in the string of 20 fires set across the West from 1996 to 2001
to protest logging and environmental damage to the forests.

Ferguson admitted setting fire to the U.S Forest Service Ranger Station in
Detroit, Ore., and a government pickup in 1996.

He turned informant in 2004 as investigators were closing in on the
radical group that caused more than $40 million in damage.

Ten members were sentenced to federal prison last year after pleading
guilty to arson and other charges.