LOS ANGELES—A former locomotive engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was sentenced to three years behind bars on April 13 for intentionally running a train at full speed off the tracks near the Navy hospital ship Mercy, claiming the vessel was docked at the port as part of a possible “government takeover.”
Eduardo Moreno of San Pedro, 46, pleaded guilty last year to a federal charge of committing a terrorist attack and other violence against railroad carriers and mass transportation systems.
No one was injured in the March 31, 2020, incident, and the USNS (United States Naval Ship) Mercy was not damaged. The train leaked fuel that required a hazardous-materials cleanup.
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