Cameron Monte Smith

In Custody
Date of birth:30. 09. 1974
Age:52
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:2020s
Inmate Number:#67846-510
State:North Dakota
Address:2225 Haley Barbour Pkwy, Yazoo City, MS 39194
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years 3 Months 30 Days
Support
Environmental Activism Indigenous Sovereignty
Cameron Monte Smith

Biography

Cameron Monte Smith is an environmental activist affiliated with the group Extinction Rebellion who damaged a pipeline transformer and pump station for the hazardous Keystone Pipeline near Carpenter, South Dakota. He later damaged an electrical substation in North Dakota and spraypainted the building with anti-pipeline messaging. The federal sentencing judge labeled his crime as terrorism and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

Case

Charges: 18 USC 922(g)(5)(A) possession of firearm by an illegal alien; 18 USC 924(a)(8) possession of ammunition by an illegal alien; 18 USC 1366(a) destruction of an energy facility - 2022 Keystone Pipeline (Carpenter SD) and 2023 Wheelock Substation (Ray ND) attacks
Arrested: Jul 11, 2023
Sentenced: Mar 10, 2025
Incarcerated: Jul 11, 2023
Sentence: Two consecutive 150-month prison terms, totaling 25 years, followed by three years of supervised release; $2,124,974.38 restitution.
Prosecutor: David D. Hagler, Jonathan J. O’Konek and Jeremy Jehangiri, assisted by Jacob Warren and Justin Sher
Judge: Daniel M. Traynor
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty

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