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Edward Gullion

Released
Full name:Edward Patrick Gullion
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1970s
Support
Anti-Imperialism Fred Hampton Unit of the People's Forces
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Biography

Edward Patrick Gullion Jr. was a member of the Fred Hampton Unit of the People's Forces, the clandestine leftist cell behind the August 7, 1976 bombings of a National Guard armory in Dorchester, an Eastern Airlines plane at Logan Airport, the Essex County Courthouse in Newburyport, and a post office in Seabrook, New Hampshire. Placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list (#344) in August 1976, he was arrested on October 22, 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was working at a jewelry store, and was convicted of federal explosives charges. Little is documented about his life after release.

Case

Charges: Interstate transportation of explosives
Arrested: Oct 22, 1976
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted of federal explosives charges Charges as recorded: Interstate transportation of explosives — the Fred Hampton Unit's August 7, 1976 bombing campaign in Massachusetts and New Hampshire
Convicted: Yes