Wednesday, January 6, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Fugitive
Militia members occupy US building after protest
BURNS (AP) — A fam- something, if we do not take Burns walked past the sher- him, ‘Well how long can ya,
arrested in
ily previously involved in a a hard stand, we’ll be in a iff’s office and the home of how long you going to stand
with the federal position where we’ll be no Dwight Hammond Jr. and his out there?’ He just told me it
manslaughter showdown
government has occupied a longer able to do so,” he said. son Steven.
was for long term.”
building at a national wildlife
Bundy said the group
Ammon Bundy’s father,
Beth Anne Steele, an FBI
refuge in Oregon and is ask- planned to stay at the refuge Cliven Bundy, told Oregon spokeswoman in Portland,
case in
ing militia members to join indefinitely.
Public Broadcasting on told The Associated Press the
them.
“We’re planning on stay- Saturday night that he had agency was aware of the situ-
Ammon Bundy — the son ing here for years, abso- nothing to do with the take- ation at the national wildlife
southern
of Nevada rancher Cliven lutely,” Ammon Bundy said. over of the building.
refuge. She made no further
Bundy, who was involved “This is not a decision we’ve
Bundy said his son felt comment.
oregon
in a standoff with the gov- made at the last minute.”
obligated to intervene on
Some local residents
MEDFORD (AP) —
Police say they’ve arrested
a fugitive wanted for 2012
manslaughter charges
and an alleged rape in
July.
The Mail Tribune reports
police arrested 33-year-old
Christopher Michael Linder
Wednesday afternoon after a
standoff.
Police say they tracked
Linder to a Medford apart-
ment, then tried and failed to
contact him by cellphone.
With help from a SWAT
team, police breached a win-
dow and arrested Linder.
Police say he didn’t resist.
Linder was booked
into jail on rape, kidnap-
ping, burglary and coercion
charges. His bail was set at
$2 million.
Linder allegedly drove
while under the influence in
2012 and caused the death of
Casey Lee Sparks and injured
Meredee Cropper. He had
been out on bail for that case.
A warrant was issued
for Linder’s arrest after he
failed to appear for trial in
September.
ernment over grazing rights
— told The Oregonian on
Saturday that he and two of
his brothers were among a
group of dozens of people
occupying the headquar-
ters of the Malheur National
Wildlife Refuge.
The protest began as a
rally in support of Oregon
ranchers facing jail time for
arson.
Ammon Bundy posted a
video on his Facebook page
asking for militia members to
come help him. He said “this
is not a time to stand down.
It’s a time to stand up and
come to Harney County,”
where Burns is located.
Below the video is this state-
ment: “**ALL PATRIOTS
ITS TIME TO STAND UP
NOT STAND DOWN!!!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
COME PREPARED.”
In an interview with
reporters late Saturday night
that was posted on Facebook,
Bundy said he and others
are occupying the building
because “the people have
been abused long enough.
“I feel we are in a situa-
tion where if we do not do
Harney County Sheriff
Dave Ward told people to
stay away from the building
as authorities work to defuse
the situation, The Oregonian
reported.
“A collective effort from
multiple agencies is cur-
rently working on a solu-
tion. For the time being
please stay away from that
area. More information will
be provided as it becomes
available. Please maintain
a peaceful and united front
and allow us to work through
this situation,” Ward said in a
statement.
An Idaho militia leader
who helped organize the
earlier march said he knew
nothing about activities after
a parade of militia mem-
bers and local residents in
behalf of the Hammonds.
“That’s not exactly what
I thought should happen, but
I didn’t know what to do,”
he said. “You know, if the
Hammonds wouldn’t stand,
if the sheriff didn’t stand,
then, you know, the people
had to do something. And I
guess this is what they did
decide to do. I wasn’t in on
that.”
His son Ammon told him
they are committed to stay-
ing in the building, Cliven
Bundy told Oregon Public
Broadcasting.
“He told me that they
were there for the long run.
I guess they figured they’re
going to be there for what-
ever time it takes and I don’t
know what that means,”
Cliven Bundy said. “I asked
feared the Saturday rally
would involve more than
speeches, flags and march-
ing. But the only real addi-
tions to that list seemed to be
songs, flowers and pennies.
As marchers reached
the courthouse, they tossed
hundreds of pennies at the
locked door. Their message:
civilians were buying back
their government. After the
march passed, two girls
swooped in to scavenge the
pennies.
A few blocks away,
Hammond and his wife,
Susan, greeted marchers,
who planted flower bouquets
in the snow. They sang some
songs, Hammond said a few
words, and the protesters
marched back to their cars.
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