Saturday, August 30, 2008

FBI raids in America - One person jailed

Urgent ELP! Bulletin (30th August 2008)

Dear friends

News is coming in of a raid/arrest in America. Below is information compiled by American activists....


This is pieced together from scattered sources:
At approx. 2pm PST, an FBI agent posing as neighbor knocked at the door of a home in Oceanside CA, lured a Santa Cruz resident from his mother's house, and arrested him. The only known charge at this point is felony perjury. He is being held on $100,000 bond. The person arrested is a resident of the house on Riverside Ave. in Santa Cruz that has been raided twice in the past 6 months, most recently immediately following the attempted arson of a vivisector's home several weeks ago.
After arresting the person, the FBI attempted to question his mother and friend, unsuccessfully. The FBI told the arrestees mother he is being transferred to the Vista jail, and will be extradited to Santa Cruz Tuesday.
While a charge of "perjury" would indicate there were statements / testimony given to the FBI by the defendant at some point, it is speculated perjury here *may* refer to some minor name discrepancy (such as a person having received a recent legal name change, or legitimately going by a middle name in place of one's legal last name, etc), and that this is a flimsy pretext to take this person into custody.
The following was received by someone close to the situation. It is not known if the arrestees vegan diet is being accommodated, but as a pre-emptive move they are asking people to call the jail:
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CALL VISTA JAIL!!! demand vegan food SUPPORT NATHAN POPE

NATHAN POPE, arrested under the name NATHAN CHRISTOPHER KNOERL (he has two legal last names b/c of step dad) was arrested in Oceanside, California today. The F.B.I. arrived with an arrest warrant and the warrant says something about FELONY/PERJURY and is an arrest warrant from Santa Cruz. $100,000 dollars bail.
CASE NO. F17048
DEPT #3
He will be extradited to Santa Cruz on/or by Tuesday.

PLEASE CALL Vista Detention Facility (760) 940-4473
-DEMAND VEGAN FOOD FOR NATHAN KNOERL/POPE !!!
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