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Article: Woman admits role in setting fire framed as hate crime.(Courts)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- October 10, 2008
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Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard
A woman who allegedly masterminded a 1994 Reedsport arson that raised statewide alarm that she had been the victim of an anti-Semitic hate crime has acknowledged direct involvement in setting the fire.
Sherry Lynn Davenport, then Sherry Lynn Armstrong, acknowledged her role in a sworn affidavit Sept. 8 as part of a federal court motion to end her postprison supervision earlier than planned.
She was sentenced to prison for nearly 11 years after a 1995 federal jury convicted her of conspiracy, arson and fraud, along with her then-husband Lee Armstrong and their friend Clarence "Dan" Davenport. The ...