Peace activist sentenced to one year in jail for disorderly conduct, order violation

Teresa Grady, matriarch of Catholic peace activist family, dies

Patrick O'Neill | Apr. 11, 2016

"Peace and justice were central to her life," said Teresa Grady's daughter Ellen Grady DeMott.

Anti-drone activist reports to jail for six-month sentence

Patrick O'Neill | Jan. 20, 2016

Mary Anne Grady Flores visited with her ailing mother before beginning a jail sentence for violating an order to stay away from an Air National Guard colonel and base.

Anti-drone protesters, including Dorothy Day granddaughter, jailed on bonds up to $10,000

Patrick O'Neill | Jul. 25, 2014

Five people, including the granddaughter of Catholic Worker co-founder Dorothy Day, are being held on bonds ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 after a protest at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base near Syracuse, N.Y., home of part of the U.S. drone program.

Seven people, among them Martha Hennessy, Day's granddaughter, and Elizabeth McAlister, a longtime peace activist and widow of Philip Berrigan, were arrested after crossing onto base property Wednesday.

Anti-drone activist Grady Flores released from jail pending appeal

Patrick O'Neill | Jul. 23, 2014

A peace activist who received a one-year jail sentence stemming from an anti-drone protest has been freed from jail pending an appeal.

Mary Anne Grady Flores was released Friday on $5,000 bail from the Onondaga County Justice Center in Syracuse, N.Y., after appearing before County Court Judge Thomas J. Miller, who granted a stay of execution of her sentence pending appeal of an order of protection granted to Col. Earl Evans by the DeWitt Town Court.