New Indictment Alleges Damage To Burns Paiute Site

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by Anna Griffin OPB
March 9, 2016 10:07 a.m.
Updated: March 9, 2016 1:14 p.m.

A new indictment unsealed Wednesday confirms the fears of members of the Burns Paiute Tribe that militants damaged an archaeological site during the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

The new charge is against occupier Sean Anderson and another defendant whose name has been redacted, suggesting he or she may not be in law enforcement custody.

The indictment accuses Anderson and the unnamed defendant of using “heavy equipment” in a way that damaged “an archaeological site considered sacred to the Burns Paiute Tribe.” It did not go into any more detail.

The unnamed defendant in the case also faces charges for conspiracy and operating heavy equipment on the refuge ...

http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/sean-anderson-charges-burns-paiute-archaeological-site/

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1. New six-count indictment unsealed in Malheur refuge occupation case

By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on March 09, 2016 at 1:20 PM
updated March 09, 2016 at 5:58 PM

A new six-count indictment unsealed Wednesday adds one more defendant and more charges in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge outside of Burns.

The indictment now charges 26 people, including an unnamed defendant, with federal conspiracy.

It also charges 20 of the defendants with possessing firearms and dangerous weapons at the federal refuge, nine with use and carry of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, three with theft of government property and two with depredation of government property ...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight said another indictment is possible ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/new_six-count_indictment_unsea.html

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2. Between s4p and L. Coyote, DU is being kept up to date on this issue.

It is part of which makes DU so fucking awesome.

Thank you for your dedication.

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3. +1,000

Throw the book at them - charge them for everything they have done

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4. Yup! Let's do that.

The Bundies and their followers will hopefully never see the sunlight again for what they have done.