One of Five Anarchist Occupiers Pleads Guilty in Ohio Bridge Bomb Plot
- Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:22pm by
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Anthony Hayne (AP)
(The Blaze/AP) — One of five men charged with plotting to bomb an Ohio highway bridge pleaded guilty Wednesday and agreed to testify against his co-defendants.
Anthony Hayne, 35, of Cleveland, pleaded to all three counts against him in U.S. District Court. His attorney, Michael O’Shea, said Hayne hopes to get leniency in return for his testimony.
Authorities have called the men anarchists who acted out of their own anger against corporate America and the government, and investigators say the group planted what turned out to be a dud bomb provided by an FBI undercover informant on a bridge south of Cleveland and then tried to detonate it.
Hayne previously signed a lease for the warehouse that was housing roughly a dozen Occupy Cleveland members. The Associated Press reported in May that the group was trying to scrub his name from the list.
The $600 monthly rent for the space was paid to a landlord not to Hayne, Occupy spokesman Joseph Zitt told The Plain Dealer. He argues they just needed a name to be on the lease.
The Occupy movement has attempted to distance itself from the violent and potentially murderous plan. They have admitted the men were affiliated with Occupy Cleveland but argue they do not represent it or the movement’s non-violent philosophy.
The defendants could face life in prison if convicted.
(File)
The five were charged with plotting to bomb a bridge linking two wealthy Cleveland suburbs by placing what they thought were real explosives at the site and repeatedly trying to detonate them using text messages from cellphones, according to the FBI affidavit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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sparky239
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 5:08pmI told an investigator to ship them off to getmo ….these five turds are nothing but,wanna be terrorist …
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 9:01amThe sons of Billy Ayers…
Report Post »hugo65hsv
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 4:56amVan Jones, Nancy Pelosi, Debbie Wasserman and Obama should be charged also.. Let’s never forget those who creamed in their pants over OWS.. Specially this upcoming November.. Oh and.. let’s not forget the liberal media…
Report Post »Baja
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 9:30pmToo bad. Obama loses a few more supporters.
Report Post »WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 9:24pmOne word. PATSY. The “bombs” were givin to these IDIOTS by the FBI. Fact. Just as in the fake almost Dallas bombing, same with the christmas day bombing same with the underware bomber (actually it was someone in the government that got him on the plane) They do this to furthur the police state agenda. Gotta get them terrorist. Never mind the CIA trained Al Queda. Never mind Al Qudea is working for NATO to topple dictartors across the middle east. Oh but im anti military for not wanting AL CIA DA I mean Al Queda to work for NATO. Lol NEOCONSERVATIVES are so full of it.
Report Post »ThoreauHD
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 5:01pmHey, that looks like Bill Ayers son. Set him free!
Report Post »LovinUSA
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 4:03pmPerhaps some aught to send the Oval Office transient plans for making a bomb, then maybe he would get arrested for SOMETHING.
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:44pmThey’re all white guys I see….
Report Post »hayesstephen
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 4:30pmThank you for not calling them men. If you wanted a poster showing perfect example of loser, these beauties would be perfect. Those nasty worms have never kissed a girl, probably never been on a date with a girl, never made love to a girl, and now they never will. Ain’t no Ladies in the jug, only bigger dudes looking to make one of them into his girl.
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 5:27pmwouldn’t be so sure of that hayesstephen some people have REALLY low standards.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 4:16amHAYESSTEPHEN, Next time you run into idiots like these and the rest of the OWS fools, just give them that “L” salute to the center of the forehead and shout “Liberal.”
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:34pmin a country run by the sane this CONVICTED terrorist would be killed quickly and buried at the enemies of America cemetery.
Report Post »antimarxiest
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:31pmso to sum it up it was occupier wallstreet mamber that tried to assinate our president,it was occupiers who sexually assualted woman so many times that the woman tents have to be separted from the mens tents with other woman standing gaurd,it was an occupier wallstreet protester who killed both parents because they didnt want him to go to a protest that day,it was occupiers who threw fire bombs at police and tried to burn them to death,and it was them who smashed coffie shops windows and put the 99% out of work,and finally it was the occupiers that chained a womwn to a pole and she was found dead! OOOH! NOOO! THEIR NOT VIOLENT ITS JUST A FEW RIIIIGHT!,…AND THEY CALL THE TEAPARTY EXTREMIST
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:27pmThe Blaze posts this in order to paint all liberals and occupiers as extremists like this nutcase.
So, in the same vein, it would be fair to say that all Beck fans are the same as Byron Williams. You know, the guy who after listening to Beck go on and on about the Tides foundation tried to go and kill the people who worked there. Luckily, the police stopped him before he reached the Tides Foundation, but they had to have a good old fashioned shoot out first.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 8:46pmThis guy was clearly unstable. Interesting that liberals love to play the Blame Game to excuse all of their failures by Blaming others. The fact that the Tides Foundation fosters policies that are not in the best interests of this country is apparently just fine, while any one who criticizes these policies is trashed by the liberals as a crazy trouble making racist , etc. These bully tactics are very “transparent” and very annoying . NOBAMA 2012.
Report Post »Emerson7
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:21pmOh noes! Haynes is setting back the state smashing cause by weeks if not months! What will the unicorns of fascist utopia think?!
Report Post »Shrugged
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:58pmWe know he is legitimately crazy. He has EARS and a condescending look like Obama.
Report Post »TheBurningTruth
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:57pmDon’t forget that THIS is the group that Barry, Prince Harry, Pigloski and many other Demoncrats support. As they all came out last fall with statements of support and still haven’t revoked that support, it remains in effect.
Perhaps Anthony Hayne just saw this as a way to move up into Barry’s group of favorites. He’d get to join other famous terrorists like Bill Ayres and Bernadine Dorn and pal around with Barry.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:03pmHey look, more Encinom family photos.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:33pmHis mother on the right looks a little scrappy in that picture…I guess she didn’t have a chance to do her make up and hair before she was arrested. Still..she keeps a healthy beard doesn’t she?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 4:17amSCUBA13, I would venture to say that you are giving ENCINOM too much credit.
Report Post »Lothmar
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:01pmHope with one hand, get it in writting with your lawyer present in the other. See which fills up first.
Report Post »Indymaverick
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:35pmOWS. Non violent ? Ha !
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:35pmSure OWS is trying “ to distance themselves ” from this movement. But I bet, like Obama, they can feel ” their frustration.“ Just like all of the Lefties who hate ” capitalism” will do. Republican Convention ? American Autumn ? All of the Black Bloc , OWS, and the anarchists have plans. They are the troops for our international Lefties. Destroying American capitalism is Plan C.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:33pmLock him up and throw away the key. Anarchists are the most frightening kind of non-religious extremists.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:02pmActually I can think of one more non religious extremist that equals or exceeds an anarchist:
CAREER POLITICIANS!!!
Report Post »Shrugged
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:01pm@SnowLeopard – couldn’t have said it any better. Go Tea party!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:33pmObama and Holder and their communist/radical extremist buddies must be smiling over this; the clear fact is that the Occupy movements are coordinated, well funded, and dangerous to the extreme. They will be used for more and more chaos in all manner of ways, along with the union thugs the closer the elections come.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:29pmYet ABC news instantly tried to lay blame for the movie massacre on the Tea Party. Who in their right mind would go THERE first? Ross should be fired along with the other dwarf who knew exactly what Ross was going to say.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:31pmThe madness of liberalism GONZO..Ross wishes beyond a star that there‘s an incident with the tea parties because he’s been told by his keepers to find one..even he has to make it up. Journolist ring a bell?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 4:21amGONZO, You mean George (Assless Chaps) Stephanopoulos? Wasn’t that sort of revealed in that interview with his wife a few months ago?
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:28pmGood thing they caught them. It takes 12 years to build a bridge in Cleveland. Traffic would suck for a decade but the unions and the politicians sure woulda been happy.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:24pmYour buddies in this group must really make you proud JZS.
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