Pat Gros

Pat Gros (born Patricia Helen Rowbottom in 1948) is an American political activist who, with her romantic partner Raymond Luc Levasseur, went underground for a decade as part of the United Freedom Front (UFF). The group carried out bombings of political targets and robbed banks for funds. While living underground with rotating false identities and moving home frequently to avoid capture by a Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), Gros had three daughters. Over the course of a decade, the UFF carried out around 19 bombings and stole at least $900,000 from banks, until in 1984, Gros was arrested with her family. At trial she was sentenced to five years in prison for harboring a fugitive, namely her partner. In 1989, the FBI brought further charges of racketeering and seditious conspiracy against Gros, Levasseur and another UFF member. All three were acquitted and Gros, who was already released on probation, faced no further charges.


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