9 Sept 2021
Seattle — A 28-year-old Bellingham, Washington woman was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of violence against a railroad carrier, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Ellen Brennan Reiche, was one of two people arrested on the BNSF Railway tracks near Bellingham, near midnight on November 28, 2020. Reiche was convicted of placing a ’shunt’ — a device that interferes with train signals — on the tracks. The jury deliberated about three hours following the two-day trial. Reiche faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez on December 17, 2021.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, which includes agents from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in connection with the BNSF Railway Police.
| Ms Reiche is a self-described “radical queer” environmental activist who co-founded the Bellingham Lesbian Collective, which we file under Antifa/BLM, by which we mean all the Black Bloc anarcho-communists. As of two years ago she worked as a mentor for Wild Whatcom, engaging children and families in nature programs year round, but possibly they have reconsidered her employment in light of subsequent events. |
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