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"A Mohawk who dug up part of a toxic landfill near his reservation home in northern New York to protest federal plans to leave it there permanently has pleaded guilty to criminal mischief.Court officials say 58-year-old Larry Thompson was released on his own recognizance Tuesday after admitting to the reduced charge. He could face up to a year in jail for the misdemeanor. Sentencing is scheduled for March.Thompson said after his Aug. 11, 2011, arrest that he was frustrated by a government decision to cap the landfill instead of removing the chemicals.He drove a backhoe from adjacent family property through a fence onto the former General Motors Massena plant.He blames toxins at the site for cancers among his family and other Akwesasne residents."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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