Accused Animal Rights Extremists Arrested

(Santa Cruz, California) In August 2008, animal rights terrorists firebombed the home of a University of California-Santa Cruz molecular biologist, forcing him, his wife and their two young children to flee down a fire escape. At the same time, another firebomb destroyed the car of a different researcher.

Last week, federal agents arrested four animal rights extremists for allegedly planting and detonating the firebombs. Nathan Pope, 26, Adriana Stumpo, 23, Joseph Buddenberg, 25, and Maryam Khajavi, 20, are expected to be charged under the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, which carries a penalty of up to five years in federal prison for each violation.