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rachel1

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Wed Sep 5, 2012, 08:03 PM Sep 2012

3 more suspects plead guilty to plotting to bomb Ohio bridge in move to avoid life in prison

AKRON, Ohio — Three more men charged with plotting to bomb a highway bridge in Ohio admitted their roles in the scheme on Wednesday in a move meant to avoid life prison sentences.

The device was a dud provided by an FBI informant and no one was hurt.

The FBI has said the public was never in danger even though they say the target was a highway bridge over the Cuyahoga Valley National Park between Cleveland and Akron.

Two 20-year-old suburban Cleveland men, Connor Stevens of Berea and Brandon Baxter of Lakewood, and Douglas Wright, 26, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to three-count indictments in back-to-back appearances in U.S. District Court.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/plea-changes-planned-for-3-of-4-remaining-bridge-bomb-plot-suspects-in-ohio/2012/09/05/0e98cba8-f755-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html

The more I read about this incident the more convinced I become that it was nothing more than a well-planned entrapment plan designed to smear the Occupy movement.

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3 more suspects plead guilty to plotting to bomb Ohio bridge in move to avoid life in prison (Original Post) rachel1 Sep 2012 OP
How would you avoid prison by bombing a bridge? jberryhill Sep 2012 #1
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