The charge, a felony, carries a maximum six-year prison sentence as well as potential fines.
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The list of those charged includes the four remaining militants at the refuge as well as Ryan Bundy, Ryan Payne and others.
Four remaining occupiers of a federal wildlife refuge in OR have been indicted over the monthlong armed takeover, along with a dozen others. For weeks after the occupation began, law enforcement kept its distance, allowing occupiers to come and go from the refuge and visit places in town.
The Oregonian reports (http://goo.gl/t3SMxS ) that a large wooden cross was destroyed at the memorial site near where LaVoy Finicum was shot and killed last month during a confrontation with Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and Oregon state troopers. He was carrying a loaded 9mm handgun, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Bundy supporters say his death was not justified. She was also annoyed that prosecutors presented the indictment to the judge and not to defense attorneys. They were also subsequently denied bail.
The standoff began January 2, with Bundy’s group demanding the federal government turn public lands over to local control and free two ranchers imprisoned for setting fires. Experts say this showdown invigorated anti-government groups.
After asking his colleagues to go home last week, Ammon Bundy is now asking the authorities to leave. Bundy, part of an armed group occupying the refuge to protest federal land policies, says the sign will be displayed on a road leading to the area. “Taking over the refuge was not only right, it was the duty of the people to do”.
Newly released documents show the four remaining occupiers at an OR wildlife refuge are facing charges. “It is time to end this”.
Ward had repeatedly asked the occupiers to leave and, after Finicum’s death, said in emotional remarks at a news conference that it “didn’t have to happen” and again said he wanted “everybody in this illegal occupation to move on”.
A leader of the Pacific Patriots Network is offering a $500 reward for information.
Protesters stand in front of the Harney County Courthouse in Burns, Ore., Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Stewart disagreed, saying that after an indictment is filed, “a defendant no longer has a right to the preliminary hearing”.
Two of those arrested have since been released on condition that they wear electronic tracking devices while awaiting trial, leaving 10 of the former protesters, including Bundy, still in custody.
“I know he was where he needed to be”, Tenney said.
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She had a request to attend Finicum’s funeral denied earlier in the week.
