Post by Logan on Jul 8, 2016 9:00:04 GMT -6
Blaine Cooper pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge in Oregon standoff, close to plea deal in NV
Blaine Cooper, a recruiter who encouraged people to bring their guns to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge during the occupation, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge and is poised to accept a plea deal in his federal indictment in Nevada.
Cooper, 37, of Humboldt, Arizona, is the first defendant in the Oregon standoff case to seek a global resolution in the federal prosecutions pending against him in both states.
Cooper is likely to plead guilty to at least one of the 11 offenses he's charged with stemming from the 2014 armed standoff with federal officers over grazing cattle on U.S. land near Cliven Bundy's ranch in southern Nevada. He's also expected to face a stiffer prison sentence in that case.
A tentative agreement, not yet formally accepted, would have Cooper pleading guilty to two charges in Nevada and facing a six-year sentence.
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/07/blaine_cooper_pleads_guilty_to.html
Blaine Cooper, a recruiter who encouraged people to bring their guns to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge during the occupation, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge and is poised to accept a plea deal in his federal indictment in Nevada.
Cooper, 37, of Humboldt, Arizona, is the first defendant in the Oregon standoff case to seek a global resolution in the federal prosecutions pending against him in both states.
Cooper is likely to plead guilty to at least one of the 11 offenses he's charged with stemming from the 2014 armed standoff with federal officers over grazing cattle on U.S. land near Cliven Bundy's ranch in southern Nevada. He's also expected to face a stiffer prison sentence in that case.
A tentative agreement, not yet formally accepted, would have Cooper pleading guilty to two charges in Nevada and facing a six-year sentence.
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/07/blaine_cooper_pleads_guilty_to.html