Tre Arrow was born on Michael Scarpitti in 1974 and gained prominence in the US state of Oregon in the late 1990s and early 2000s for his environmental activism, bid for Congress as a Pacific Green Party candidate, and then for his arrest and later conviction for committing acts of arson on cement and logging trucks.
16 Facts About Tre Arrow
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Tre Arrow unsuccessfully sought political asylum in Canada, and was extradited to Portland, Oregon, on February 29,2008, to face 14 counts of arson and conspiracy.
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On June 3,2008, Arrow pleaded guilty to 2 counts of arson and was sentenced with 78 months in prison.
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Tre Arrow first came to public attention in July 2000 when he scaled a US Forest Service building in downtown Portland, Oregon and lived on a nine-inch ledge for eleven days, to protest the plan to log near Eagle Creek, Oregon.
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Tre Arrow's protest played an important role in reversing the Forest Service's plans to log the area.
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Tre Arrow ran for Congress in 2000 and received 15,000 votes as a Pacific Green Party candidate.
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Tre Arrow was sought by the FBI in connection with the April 15,2001, arson at Ross Island Sand and Gravel in Portland.
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Tre Arrow was indicted by a federal grand jury in Oregon and charged with four felonies for this crime on October 18,2002.
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Tre Arrow was listed on the FBI's December 2002 most-wanted list, and appeared on the America's Most Wanted television program.
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Tre Arrow fled to Canada, but on March 13,2004, he was arrested in Victoria for stealing bolt cutters and was charged with being in Canada illegally.
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Tre Arrow was in custody in the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre near Victoria where he unsuccessfully fought extradition back to the United States.
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Tre Arrow had earlier pleaded guilty, acknowledging he set fire to cement-mixing trucks at Ross Island Sand and Gravel Company in Portland on April 15,2001, and logging trucks at Schoppert Logging Company in Eagle Creek on June 1,2001.
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The Judge increased the ordinary 60-month mandatory minimum term for arson based on a finding that Tre Arrow committed the arson attacks in an aggravated manner calculated to influence or affect the conduct of the victims by intimidation, coercion and retaliation.
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In June 2009, Tre Arrow entered a halfway house in Portland, Oregon, after a year in federal prison.
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On Mar 6,2012, Tre Arrow was arrested for domestic violence.
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On March 5,2012, Tre Arrow submitted a completed nominating petition for the office of mayor of Portland and was added to the register of candidates.