Bombings New York State

A fugitive allegedly living under an assumed name in Oxnard was in the Ventura County Jail on Saturday after being arrested by FBI agents Friday for bombings he committed in Upstate New York while he was a police officer on duty in 1978, authorities said. Joseph Hamilton Harper, 45, had been using the alias of Donald Nagy while living in Oxnard during the past year, said Gary Auer, supervisor of the Ventura office of the FBI. Harper is a former Woodbury, N.Y.

A federal appeals court in New York City upheld the convictions of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine of his followers. The court ruled that the radical Islamic cleric who inspired his followers to try to blow up some of New York landmarks and assassinate Egypt's president was fairly prosecuted under a rarely used charge from colonial days. The blind cleric was prosecuted because he sought to "solicit or persuade others to commit crimes of violence," the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said.

A federal appeals court upheld the convictions of six self-proclaimed revolutionaries for a series of bombings in the New York area. The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the 1986 convictions in the 10 explosions and attempted bombings between 1982 and 1984 that were aimed at corporate offices and military installations. The United Freedom Front claimed responsibility for the bombings, saying it was protesting apartheid in South Africa and U.S. imperialism in Central America.

A Christmas Eve package bomb that injured a 10-year-old girl came from a family acquaintance who committed suicide five days after the blast, investigators said. The bomb came from Christopher P. Gilson, 58, who lived about two miles from Jude and Mary Reardon in Clifton Park, said state police Maj. Peter Lawrence. Jordan Reardon was burned over 27% of her body when she opened the package. Jude Reardon's brother fired Gilson from a sales job in 1991, police said. Gilson shot himself Dec. 29.

A man who investigators say was bent on wiping out his girlfriend's family got seven life sentences Tuesday for a wave of mail-bombings that killed five people within an hour. "I want to make sure that you never set foot in a free society again. You are an evil person," U.S. District Judge Michael Telesca told Michael Stevens, 54. Four of the life sentences must be served consecutively.

Michael Stevens and Earl Figley, who were arrested for a series of package bombings that killed three members of a family and two others upstate appeared in federal court in Rochester and were ordered held without bail. Scott Sammis, a federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau agent, testified in court that Figley admitted using an alias in Kentucky to buy the explosives used in the blast. Stevens, 53, and Figley, 56, are charged with transporting explosives across state lines to kill people.

Two men charged in a wave of fatal bombings used false birth certificates to obtain Vermont driver's licenses later used in buying dynamite, authorities said Friday. Michael T. Stevens, 53, and Earl Figley, 56, were jailed on charges of transporting across state lines explosives that were used to kill. Authorities say the pair sent bombs to relatives of Brenda Lazore Chevere, Stevens' girlfriend.

A federal appeals court in New York City upheld the convictions of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine of his followers. The court ruled that the radical Islamic cleric who inspired his followers to try to blow up some of New York landmarks and assassinate Egypt's president was fairly prosecuted under a rarely used charge from colonial days. The blind cleric was prosecuted because he sought to "solicit or persuade others to commit crimes of violence," the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said.

A series of bombs hidden in toolboxes exploded Tuesday in scattered parts of Upstate New York, killing at least six people and wounding several others. Authorities were hunting for a man who they said had links to all the victims. The toolboxes containing the bombs were delivered in cardboard boxes, several with the return address of "The Liberty Iron Works Co." in Erie, Pa., police said.

Three radical leftists have agreed to plead guilty in bombings at the U.S. Capitol and seven other places, and the government has said it will drop all charges against three other defendants. Laura J. Whitehorn, Linda S. Evans and Marilyn J. Buck are to plead guilty Friday in U.S. District Court of conspiring to set off the eight bombs, which damaged property but caused no bodily harm, according to papers filed in federal court. The Nov.

Three 13-year-old boys armed with fertilizer, diesel fuel and bomb-making plans they apparently got from the Internet were arrested for plotting to blow up their junior high school, police said. Tipped off by other students, police in Manlius arrested the teenagers and said they found bomb-making materials at one boy's house. The boys had planned to break into Pine Grove Junior High and set the bomb off in the office, Capt. William Bleyle said.

A man who investigators say was bent on wiping out his girlfriend's family got seven life sentences Tuesday for a wave of mail-bombings that killed five people within an hour. "I want to make sure that you never set foot in a free society again. You are an evil person," U.S. District Judge Michael Telesca told Michael Stevens, 54. Four of the life sentences must be served consecutively.

Michael Stevens and Earl Figley, who were arrested for a series of package bombings that killed three members of a family and two others upstate appeared in federal court in Rochester and were ordered held without bail. Scott Sammis, a federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau agent, testified in court that Figley admitted using an alias in Kentucky to buy the explosives used in the blast. Stevens, 53, and Figley, 56, are charged with transporting explosives across state lines to kill people.

Two men charged in a wave of fatal bombings used false birth certificates to obtain Vermont driver's licenses later used in buying dynamite, authorities said Friday. Michael T. Stevens, 53, and Earl Figley, 56, were jailed on charges of transporting across state lines explosives that were used to kill. Authorities say the pair sent bombs to relatives of Brenda Lazore Chevere, Stevens' girlfriend.

Federal agents arrested two men Wednesday in a series of family feud terror bombings that killed five people and injured two others in Upstate New York. The four explosions, which occurred within 90 minutes of each other Tuesday night at widely different locations, decimated a working class family. The shrapnel and dynamite bombs were each packed in fishing tackle boxes. Federal agents arrested Michael Stevens, 53, and Earl Figley, 56.

A series of bombs hidden in toolboxes exploded Tuesday in scattered parts of Upstate New York, killing at least six people and wounding several others. Authorities were hunting for a man who they said had links to all the victims. The toolboxes containing the bombs were delivered in cardboard boxes, several with the return address of "The Liberty Iron Works Co." in Erie, Pa., police said.

Three 13-year-old boys armed with fertilizer, diesel fuel and bomb-making plans they apparently got from the Internet were arrested for plotting to blow up their junior high school, police said. Tipped off by other students, police in Manlius arrested the teenagers and said they found bomb-making materials at one boy's house. The boys had planned to break into Pine Grove Junior High and set the bomb off in the office, Capt. William Bleyle said.

A Christmas Eve package bomb that injured a 10-year-old girl came from a family acquaintance who committed suicide five days after the blast, investigators said. The bomb came from Christopher P. Gilson, 58, who lived about two miles from Jude and Mary Reardon in Clifton Park, said state police Maj. Peter Lawrence. Jordan Reardon was burned over 27% of her body when she opened the package. Jude Reardon's brother fired Gilson from a sales job in 1991, police said. Gilson shot himself Dec. 29.

A fugitive allegedly living under an assumed name in Oxnard was in the Ventura County Jail on Saturday after being arrested by FBI agents Friday for bombings he committed in Upstate New York while he was a police officer on duty in 1978, authorities said. Joseph Hamilton Harper, 45, had been using the alias of Donald Nagy while living in Oxnard during the past year, said Gary Auer, supervisor of the Ventura office of the FBI. Harper is a former Woodbury, N.Y.

Three radical leftists have agreed to plead guilty in bombings at the U.S. Capitol and seven other places, and the government has said it will drop all charges against three other defendants. Laura J. Whitehorn, Linda S. Evans and Marilyn J. Buck are to plead guilty Friday in U.S. District Court of conspiring to set off the eight bombs, which damaged property but caused no bodily harm, according to papers filed in federal court. The Nov.