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Dustin Steele

Released
Era:2010s
State:West Virginia
Time Imprisoned:
4 Days
Support
Radical Action for Mountains’ and People’s Survival (RAMPS)
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Biography

Dustin Steele is a West Virginia activist who joined the 2012 Hobet mine protest against mountaintop-removal coal mining. Steele spent several days at Western Regional Jail before release on bond.

Case

Charges: Trespass and obstruction reported in the Hobet protest arrests; final individual disposition unverified
Arrested: Jul 28, 2012
Incarcerated: Jul 28, 2012
Released: Aug 1, 2012
Sentence: Arrested July 28, 2012 and released on bond August 1. Unlike the other nineteen defendants, Steele had not accepted the collective plea deal in the August2 report. No later conviction or completed probation term is inferred.