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Jake Kreilick

Era:1990s
State:District of Columbia
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Biography

Jake Kreilick was a Native Forest Network activist who protested Australian woodchipping at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on July 13, 1994. In his signed contemporary account he described climbing onto the embassy carport with another activist, being taken to D.C. Central Lockup and spending 28 hours there, including a night in a holding cell. He reported that they were released after the Secret Service and a judge decided not to pursue the matter; no conviction is established.

Jake Kreilick was a Native Forest Network activist who protested Australian woodchipping at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on July 13, 1994. In his signed contemporary account he described climbing onto the embassy carport with another activist, being taken to D.C. Central Lockup and spending 28 hours there, including a night in a holding cell. He reported that they were released after the Secret Service and a judge decided not to pursue the matter; no conviction is established. No imposed sentence established. Kreilick personally reported 28 hours in D.C. Central Lockup, including overnight custody. No exact release day is derived from that duration.

Earth First! Journal, August 1, 1994, PDF pages 18 (printed pages 17).

Case

Charges: Detained following an Australian Embassy forest-protection protest; contemporary account describes a threatened felony charge of occupying foreign soil, without establishing a conviction
Arrested: Jul 13, 1994
Sentence: No imposed sentence established. Kreilick personally reported 28 hours in D.C. Central Lockup, including overnight custody. No exact release day is derived from that duration.