“America’s Most Wanted” Nets Straight-Edgers

FUR COMMISSION USA PRESS RELEASE, MARCH 4, 1999
“America’s Most Wanted” Nets Straight-Edgers
ON FEBRUARY 6, two animal rights fugitives were listed on the popular TV program America’s Most Wanted, and now they are safely in custody.
James Blackmon and Adam Peace were on the run following acts of terrorism in the Salt Lake City area. Blackmon was wanted in connection with a July 1996 mink farm raid which caused $200,000 in damage, and faces up to 15 years in prison. Peace was wanted for his alleged role in the bombing of the Fur Breeders Co-op in Sandy, Utah, in March 1997, which caused over $700,000 in damages and led to federal convictions under statutes pertaining to domestic terrorism.
Both Blackmon and Peace are believed to be members of the violent “Hate Edge” fringe of the Straight Edge culture now pervasive in Utah. Blackmon was arrested the day America’s Most Wanted aired, and Peace turned himself in a short time later.
Credit Where Due
FCUSA has sent a letter of thanks to the producers of America’s Most Wanted for a job well done, but in all modesty, a little of the credit belongs closer to home.
Acting on a suggestion from our very own president, Tom Gibson, FCUSA alerted America’s Most Wanted to the dangers posed by Hate Edgers, and specifically pitched Josh Ellerman, a participant in the Fur Farm Co-op bombing.
Ellerman turned himself in before the TV program could take the bait, but we like to think our input led directly to the bagging of two other animal rights terrorists. We have also alerted the program’s producers to Straight Edgers Peter Young and Justin Samuel, still at large following mink farm raids in Wisconsin in October 1997.
For more information, see Fugitives from Justice and Fugitives from Justice Archive.
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