BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A Bellingham woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to a terrorist attack and violence against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in northwestern Washington that investigators have suggested was motivated by opposition to the construction of a natural gas pipeline across British Columbia. The Bellingham Herald reports Samantha Frances Brooks and Ellen Brennan Reiche were each indicted with one count of terrorist attacks and other violence against a railroad carrier Dec. 9, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle. They’re accused of putting a shunt on tracks near Bellingham to disrupt BNSF train safety features in November. Brooks pleaded guilty July 9. Reiche has pleaded not guilty.
Woman pleads guilty to terror charge on train tracks
