Sam Melville - Arrest and Charges

Arrest and Charges

Melville had been working with George Demmerle, a well known radical activist in New York. Demmerle was an FBI informant, and assisted in the gathering of evidence and apprehension of the group. On November 12, 1969, hours after the Criminal Courts Building bombing, police arrested Melville and Demmerle as they placed dynamite charges in National Guard trucks parked outside the 69th Regimental Armory at 26th Street and Lexington Avenue. Alpert and Hughey were arrested shortly thereafter.

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