By ALEX SILVERMAN
KIRO Radio

Hundreds gathered in front of the federal courthouse in Tacoma Monday afternoon as the Bangor 5 heard their sentence.

They each were facing up to ten years in prison for breaking into the Navy submarine base at Bangor, but a judge went easy on the octogenarians in the bunch.

Jesuit priest Bill Bichsel, 82, gets three months in jail for cutting through the base's fences in November 2009. He was unapologetic even after he was found guilty of trespassing and destruction of government property.

"They're a sign of mass destruction of our planet, of our people," Bichsel said.

Bichsel's sister and co-conspirator Anne Montgomery, 84, gets two months. Tacoma social worker Lynne Greenwald will head to jail for six months. Susan Crane, 65, of Baltimore, and 60-year-old Steve Kelly of Oakland are each slapped with 15 months sentences.

The five said they did it because nuclear warheads stored on submarines at the base are illegal.

KIRO Radio's Linda Thomas contributed to this report.

Alex Silverman, 97.3 KIRO FM Reporter

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