Biography
David Vermont’s September1991 EarthFirst! account individually identifies ExeterTownship environmental activist Abby Mellon as arrested in mid-May1991 in the Nava-sink anti-development arson prosecution. It describes immediate confinement in a Philadelphia psychiatric hospital, transfer to Berks County Jail and a plea disposition including ninety days in a psychiatric hospital, community service and probation. Continued institutional custody through the third week of September independently establishes more than one day of actual US detention, rather than relying on the nominal sentence. Arrest and initial admission remain May1991 MONTH precision. A hoped-for September discharge is prospective and is not entered as actual release; ninety imposed days are not treated as the complete duration across hospitals and jail.
David Vermont’s September1991 EarthFirst! account individually identifies ExeterTownship environmental activist Abby Mellon as arrested in mid-May1991 in the Nava-sink anti-development arson prosecution. It describes immediate confinement in a Philadelphia psychiatric hospital, transfer to Berks County Jail and a plea disposition including ninety days in a psychiatric hospital, community service and probation. Continued institutional custody through the third week of September independently establishes more than one day of actual US detention, rather than relying on the nominal sentence. Arrest and initial admission remain May1991 MONTH precision. A hoped-for September discharge is prospective and is not entered as actual release; ninety imposed days are not treated as the complete duration across hospitals and jail.
