Eco-Terrorists Ordered To Pay $4M

Ambrose

From 'Associated Press': An environmental activist who committed arson at Michigan State University in 1999 is now ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution, a federal judge decided Monday. Frank Ambrose, 33, of Detroit was sentenced on October 20th to nine years in federal prison. He and Marie Mason committed arson at MSU's Agriculture Hall on New Year's Eve in 1999 to protest genetic-crop research in the name of the radical Earth Liberation Front. They also admitted to tree spikings in Indiana and fires at four homes under construction in the Detroit area.

U.S. Chief District Judge Paul Maloney had ordered $3.7 million in restitution but raised it to $4.14 million after a "discrepancy." He did not specify what the discrepancy was. Ambrose and prosecutors had until this week to file objections to the new payout. Nothing was filed. A quarter of the money is owed to the university. Mason, 46, will be sentenced in February. The Cincinnati woman, who is Ambrose's ex-wife, will share the multimillion-dollar tab, which will be split according to each person's income.