Wanted Animal Rights Activist Arrested

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Wanted Animal Rights Activist Arrested

 

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Wed Mar 30,11:12 AM ET

 

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SAN JOSE, Calif. - An animal rights activist was

arrested on a domestic terrorism charge after seven

years on the run in connection with the release of

thousands of minks from commercial farms.

 

 

 

Peter Daniel Young, 27, could face life in prison if

convicted of all charges, including conspiracy to

interfere with interstate commerce and animal

enterprise terrorism, according to court papers.

 

Young fled soon after he was indicted in 1998 and was

arrested March 21 at a coffee shop in San Jose,

authorities said.

 

He and Justin Clayton Samuel, 26, were indicted by a

federal grand jury in Wisconsin in the release of

minks from farms in Wisconsin, South Dakota and Iowa,

FBI agent Mike Johnson said Tuesday. They were accused

of freeing thousands of the animals.

 

Federal authorities suspect Young is affiliated with

the activist group Animal Liberation Front. A

telephone message left at the group's office in Canoga

Park was not immediately returned.

 

According to a police report, Officer Ian Cooley

witnessed Young attempting to steal music CDs from the

cafe. Young was arrested and found to be hiding a

handcuff key taped to his belt, according to the

report. A fingerprint search turned up the outstanding

warrant.

 

Young also faces several charges in connection with

the coffee shop incident. He is being held in an

isolation jail cell because he refused to take a

tuberculosis test, authorities said. Some TB tests

contain animal products.

 

Co-defendant Samuel was arrested in Belgium in 1999.

He pleaded guilty the following year and was sentenced

to two years in prison.