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Page 8A Thursday, January 28, 2016 OFF PAGE ONE *rant County resident witnessed arrests of oFFuSation Oeaders at )B, roadEOoFk East Oregonian By ERICK BENGEL EO Media Group AP Photo/Rick Bowmer In this Jan. 9 ile photo, LaVoy Finicum, a rancher from Arizona, speaks to the media after members of an armed group along with several other organizations arrive at the at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns. Rancher killed in standoff vowed to die before going to jail B851S $3 ² $ PePEer of an arPed anti-goYernPent grouS who was NiOOed in a traf¿F stoS in Oregon Yowed a few weeNs ago that he wouOd die Eefore sSending his Oife Eehind Ears. /a9oy )iniFuP, a -year-oOd ranFher froP Cain Beds, $ri]ona, died Tuesday after Oaw enforFe- Pent of¿Fers initiated the stoS near the 0aOheur 1ationaO :iOdOife 5efuge in southeastern Oregon. ,t¶s unFOear what haSSened in the PoPents Eefore the shooting, or if )iniFuP or any of the other aFtiYists inYoOYed e[Fhanged gun¿re with of¿Fers. $uthor- ities wouOdn¶t say how Pany shots were ¿red. Eight oFFuSiers were arrested, inFOuding grouS Oeader $PPon Bundy. )iniFuP aOso was a Oeader of the arPed grouS that tooN oYer the refuge Jan. 2 to oSSose federaO Oand restriFtions and oEMeFt to the Srison sentenFes of two OoFaO ranFhers FonYiFted of setting ¿res. He was a SroPinent SresenFe at the refuge and freTuentOy taONed with reSorters. His affaEOe Eut Sassionate dePeanor Pade hiP a SoSuOar suEMeFt for on-FaPera interYiews. )iniFuP seePed to haYe Pade uS his Pind aEout how his roOe in the oFFuSation was OiNeOy to end ² with his death. Just a few days into the oFFuSation, he FaPe EarreOing to the refuge entranFe in a federaO truFN. 5iÀe in hand, )iniFuP sat “I have grown up loving the fresh air. I love the elements. And this is where I’m going to breathe my last breath. I’m not going to spend my last days in a cell. This world is too beautiful to spend it in a cell.” — LaVoy Finicum, Arizona rancher killed by law enforcement in the PiddOe of the driYeway, teOOing the reSorters gathered around hiP that he Oearned there was a warrant for his arrest and he wanted to PaNe it easy for federaO agents to ¿nd hiP. $t the tiPe, he said he didn¶t Nnow what the warrant Fharged hiP with, Eut he EeOieYed agents wouOd try to arrest hiP soon. ³, don¶t thinN it reaOOy Patters. There¶s enough things they FouOd PaNe a warrant for us, , EeOieYe,” he said. )iniFuP said he had neither threatened nor harPed anyone during the oFFuSation. ³, haYe grown uS OoYing the fresh air. , OoYe the eOePents. $nd this is where ,¶P going to Ereathe Py Oast Ereath,” he said. ³... ,¶P not going to sSend Py Oast days in a FeOO. This worOd is too EeautifuO to sSend it in a FeOO.” He then gaYe a Pessage to his faPiOy ³$nd Nids, if , don¶t FoPe, you Nnow , OoYe you and ,¶P Sroud of eYery daPn one of you.” The ranFher was Pedia- saYYy and tried to SoSuOari]e and Poneti]e his SoOitiFaO EeOiefs on his weEsite, www. oneFowEoystandforfreedoP. FoP. He used the site to seOO his EooN, a 22-Sage SaSerEaFN titOed ³OnOy Ey BOood and Suffering,” as weOO as T-shirts, EuPSer stiFNers and Sosters ePEOa- ]oned with sOogans OiNe ³/et )reedoP 5ing” and ³'efend the Constitution OriginaO ,ntent.” He desFriEed hiPseOf as a OongtiPe friend of COiYen Bundy, and he SartiFiSated in the standoff with federaO authorities oYer gra]ing fees at the eOder Bundy¶s 1eYada ranFh in 201. )iniFuP and his wife, Jeanette, raised do]ens of foster FhiOdren, though soFiaO worNers rePoYed the Nids froP the FouSOe¶s hoPe a few days after the oFFuSation Eegan. )iniFuP said the foster Nids were the faPiOy¶s Pain sourFe of inFoPe. CathoOiF Charities Said the faPiOy Pore than 11,000 in 200 to foster FhiOdren, aFFording to ta[ ¿Oings. )oster Sarents are generaOOy Said a sPaOO Ser-FhiOd aPount Ey the goYernPent. ,t¶s intended to reiPEurse theP for the Fosts inFurred in fostering. The Poney soPe- tiPes is disEursed through nonSro¿t Sartners. :LIHRI,OOLQRLVRI¿FHUZKRVWDJHGVXLFLGHLQGLFWHG CH,C$*O $3 ² The widow of a disgraFed ,OOinois SoOiFe of¿Fer who staged his suiFide to aSSear he was gunned down in the Oine of duty, sSarking an intensiYe Panhunt, was indiFted :ednesday on Fharges of assisting her husEand in siShoning Poney froP a youth SrograP. 0eOodie *OiniewiF], 1, turned herseOf in at the /ake County Sheriff¶s Of¿Fe when she Oearned of the grand Mury indiFtPent, said DeteFtiYe ChristoSher CoYeOOi, a sher- iff¶s of¿Fe sSokesPan. She was taken to the Founty MaiO :ednesday afternoon. Her Eond was set at 0,000. Her husEand, )o[ /ake 3oOiFe /t. CharOes JoseSh *OiniewiF], died SeSt. 1. $uthorities said he shot hiPseOf EeFause he feared disFoYery of ePEe]]OePent froP the )o[ /ake 3oOiFe E[SOorer 3ost. The of¿Fer¶s death touFhed off a Panhunt inYoOYing hundreds of of¿Fers and raised fears that seYeraO kiOOers were on the Ooose in northern ,OOinois. Joe *OiniewiF] was initiaOOy haiOed as a FoPPunity hero and Sraised for his work with the youth SrograP. $t the tiPe, 0eOodie *OiniewiF]¶s tearfuOOy toOd hundreds of SeoSOe gathered at a FandOe- Oight YigiO that *OiniewiF] had Eeen her ³hero¶ and her ³roFk.” Two Ponths after *OiniewiF]¶ death, authorities announFed that he had kiOOed hiPseOf after ePEe]]Oing froP the YiOOage¶s 3oOiFe E[SOorer SrograP for seYen years, SroPSting tough Tuestions aEout why it had Mark Welsh/Daily Herald via AP Melodie Gliniewicz, 51, of Antioch,Ill., appears at the Lake County sheriff’s ofice after she was indict- ed in Waukegan, Ill., by a Lake County grand jury. The grand jury on Wednesday indicted Gliniewicz on felony counts of money laundering and disbursing charitable funds without authority for personal beneit. taken so Oong to reaFh that FonFOusion. The /ake County State¶s $ttorney¶s of¿Fe said in announFing the indiFtPent of 0eOodie *OiniewiF] that Poney froP the SoOiFe e[SOorer¶s aFFount was used for e[Senses inFOuding Pore than 00 restaurant Fharges, SersonaO SayPents to a Star- EuFks and a OoFaO theater as weOO as a triS to Hawaii. ³The inYestigation reYeaOed Poney was withdrawn froP the SoOiFe e[SOorer aFFount oYer the Fourse of seYeraO years,” /ake County Undersheriff 5ay 5ose said. 0eOodie *OiniewiF] was indiFted on Fharges of Poney Oaundering and disEursing FharitaEOe funds without authority and for SersonaO Eene¿t. Joe *OiniewiF] had run the E[SOorer SrograP for teens interested in SossiEOe Fareers in Oaw enforFePent. $uthorities said 0eOodie *OiniewiF] serYed as an adYiser to the E[SOorer 3ost and had a ¿duFiary roOe with the SrograP¶s ¿nanFes. ,n 1oYePEer, an of¿FiaO with knowOedge of the inYestigation SroYided to the Pedia soPe of the te[t and )aFeEook Pessages e[Fhanged Eetween the of¿Fer and his faPiOy. ,n one Pessage on $SriO 1, a worried Joe *OiniewiF] and his wife disFussed whether soPeone wouOd reYiew the ¿nanFes of the e[SOorer SrograP. ³...PayEe we need to hide the funds soPe how,” 0eOodie *OiniewiF] said in one of those Pessages. ,n a statePent, attorneys for 0eOodie *OiniewiF] YehePentOy denied that she took Sart in her husEand¶s sFhePe. ³0eOodie is a YiFtiP of her husEand¶s seFret aFtion and Oooks forward to her day in Fourt to show the worOd her innoFenFe,” said the Oaw ¿rP of .eOOeher BuFkOey. $ *rant County resident was aPong the witnesses Tuesday as federaO author- ities FOeared Highway to Fonfront and aSSrehend 0aOheur refuge oFFuSation Oeaders on their way to a FoPPunity Peeting in John Day. DaYe HanniEaO, of DayYiOOe, didn¶t see the enFounter Eetween the Pan who was fataOOy shot Ey SoOiFe, Eut watFhed as others were taken in Fustody. The )B, and Oregon State 3oOiFe FOosed the highway Eetween John Day and Burns at 0 S.P., aEout an hour Eefore the oFFuSiers arriYed. $PPon Bundy and four others were arrested, and one susSeFt died after Eeing shot Ey SoOiFe. $FFording to PuOtiSOe sourFes, the deFeased is /aYoy )iniFuP, one of the Srotest Oeaders. $s of noon :ednesday, the highway rePains FOosed froP one PiOe south of SeneFa to the interseF- tion with U.S. Highway 20 near Burns as authorities inYestigate. HanniEaO was driYing north on Highway near the DeYine 5idge suPPit, roughOy 0 PiOes south of John Day on Tuesday after- AP photo Highway 395 is blocked at Seneca between John Day and Burns by Oregon State police oficers on Tuesday evening. noon when he FaPe aFross four goYernPent YehiFOes. $n )B, agent toOd HanniEaO he FouOd not Sass untiO they were ¿nished. /ater, HanniEaO said he reaOi]ed the )B, was waiting for the Bundy FaraYan to FoPe Ey on Highway . HanniEaO was on a side street as the )B, waited for the Bundy grouS to show uS. :hen the )B, SuOOed out onto the highway, he SuOOed out Eehind theP. He watFhed as traYeOers in the rear-Post YehiFOe of the Bundy FaraYan were detained. Then HanniEaO sat on the side of the road and watFhed froP afar, taking Shotos. He saw Oaw enforFePent arrest two SeoSOe in the rear YehiFOe. There was no ¿ght, froP what he saw. The detainees were handFuffed and sat on the highway. He saw two SeoSOe he had seen on the news, Eut he FouOdn¶t naPe theP with Fertainty. HanniEaO stayed there weOO into the night they eYentuaOOy Oet hiP driYe through the sFene at aEout 11 S.P. He was toOd there was a dead Eody ahead. He saw a YehiFOe aEout a Tuarter or haOf a PiOe uS the road and the Sassenger-side window aSSeared to haYe Eeen shot out. That YehiFOe had Oeft the highway and SroEaEOy traYeOed 0 feet uS into the snow. ³There were a ton of SeoSOe there Oast night,” Eoth )B, agents and Pany state trooSers, he said. STANDOFF: µThe arPed oFFuSiers were giYen aPSOe oSSortunities to OeaYe SeaFefuOOy¶ Continued from 1A oI¿FiaO duties through the use oI IorFe, intiPidation, or threats.” The FriPinaO FoPSOaint stresses that Soint. ,t states that the 16 ePSOoyees at the ZiOdOiIe reIuge ³haYe Eeen SreYented IroP reSorting to ZorN EeFause oI threats oI YioOenFe Sosed Ey the deIendants and others oFFu- Sying the SroSerty.” )ederaO OaZ oI¿FiaOs and Harney County Sheriff 'aYe :ard heOd a neZs FonferenFe on :ednesday in ZhiFh they FaOOed on the rest of the oFFuSiers to go hoPe. There is a huge OaZ enforFePent SresenFe in the region, and the )%, has noZ set uS FheFNSoints outside the refuge. )%, agent *reg %ret]ing said SeoSOe FouOd OeaYe through FheFNSoints ³Zhere they ZiOO Ee identi¿ed.” He did not say whether any of theP faFe arrest. He said negotiators were aYaiOaEOe to taON if they haYe ³Tues- tions or FonFerns.” %ret]ing aOso defended the )%,-Oed oSeration that resuOted in the arrest of %undy and other Oeaders, and in the death of )iniFuP. ³, wiOO say that the arPed oFFuSiers were giYen aPSOe oSSortunities to OeaYe SeaFefuOOy,” he said. :ard said PuOtiSOe Oaw-enforFePent agenFies Sut together ³the Eest taFtiFaO SOan they FouOd.” %undy foOOowers tooN to soFiaO Pedia to offer FonÀiFting aFFounts of )iniFuP¶s ¿naO PoPents. ,n a Yideo Sosted to )aFeEooN, 0iNe 0FConneOO said he was driYing a YehiFOe Farrying $PPon %undy and another oFFuSier, %rian CaYaOier. He said )iniFuP was driYing a truFN and with hiP were 5yan %undy ² $PPon¶s Erother ² as weOO as three others. He said the FonYoy was driYing through a forest when they were stoSSed Ey agents in heaYy-duty truFNs. He said agents ¿rst SuOOed hiP out of the YehiFOe, foOOowed Ey $PPon %undy and CaYaOier. :hen agents aSSroaFhed the truFN driYen Ey )iniFuP, he droYe off with of¿Fers in Sursuit. 0FConneOO said he did not see what haSSened ne[t, Eut he heard froP others who were in that YehiFOe that they enFoun- tered a roadEOoFN. The truFN got stuFN in a snowEanN, and )iniFuP got out and ³Fharged theP. He went after theP,” 0FCon- neOO said. 5eOatiYes of $PPon %undy offered siPiOar aFFounts, Eut they said )iniFuP did nothing to SroYoNe )%, agents. Briana Bundy, a sister of $PPon Bundy, said he FaOOed his wife after his arrest. He said the grouS was stoSSed Ey state and federaO of¿Fers. She said SeoSOe in the two YehiFOes FoPSOied with instruFtions to get out with their hands uS. ³/a9oy shouted, µ'on¶t shoot. :e¶re unarPed,¶ ³ Briana Bundy said in an interYiew with The $ssoFi- ated 3ress. ³They Eegan to ¿re on theP. $PPon said it haSSened reaO fast.” ³$PPon said, µThey Purdered hiP in FoOd EOood. :e did eYerything they asNed, and they Purdered hiP. :e FoPSOied with their dePands,¶ ³ she said. 0FConneOO had a different SersSeFtiYe. ³$ny tiPe soPeone taNes off with a YehiFOe away froP Oaw enforFePent after they¶Ye e[erFised a stoS, it¶s tySiFaOOy Fonsid- ered an aFt of aggression, and fooOish,” he said in the )aFeEooN Yideo. 0FConneOO said he was Tuestioned Ey authorities, and he EeOieYes he was not Fharged EeFause he was not Fonsidered a Oeader of the grouS. Briana Bundy Fon¿rPed that 0FConneOO was in the FonYoy on Tuesday. The grouS, whiFh has inFOuded SeoSOe froP as far away as 0iFhigan, FaOOs itseOf Citi]ens for Constitu- tionaO )reedoP.
