Post by Logan on Jun 7, 2016 11:55:33 GMT -6
Judge releases Montana man accused in Oregon standoff into parents' custody in Plains
PLAINS – A man will spend his summer here with his parents, rather than in an Oregon jail, as he awaits his trial on federal charges he participated in the armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge earlier this year.
A U.S. District Court judge released Jake Ryan late last week, warning the 27-year-old, “If you mess up between now and September, you’re just shooting yourself in the foot.”
U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Papek initially ordered Ryan held until his Sept. 7 trial date. Papek cited Ryan’s flight from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 27 – he was found hiding in a shed in Vancouver, Washington, almost 10 weeks later, armed with a .45 caliber handgun and several knives – as the reason for not granting him pre-trial release.
But Ryan’s court-appointed attorney, Jesse Merrithew, told Judge Robert E. Jones that Ryan believed the FBI had broken promises it had made.
Read more: missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/judge-releases-montana-man-accused-in-oregon-standoff-into-parents/article_7d1f6a76-2a68-543a-8baf-ea5d067d4467.html
PLAINS – A man will spend his summer here with his parents, rather than in an Oregon jail, as he awaits his trial on federal charges he participated in the armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge earlier this year.
A U.S. District Court judge released Jake Ryan late last week, warning the 27-year-old, “If you mess up between now and September, you’re just shooting yourself in the foot.”
U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Papek initially ordered Ryan held until his Sept. 7 trial date. Papek cited Ryan’s flight from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 27 – he was found hiding in a shed in Vancouver, Washington, almost 10 weeks later, armed with a .45 caliber handgun and several knives – as the reason for not granting him pre-trial release.
But Ryan’s court-appointed attorney, Jesse Merrithew, told Judge Robert E. Jones that Ryan believed the FBI had broken promises it had made.
Read more: missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/judge-releases-montana-man-accused-in-oregon-standoff-into-parents/article_7d1f6a76-2a68-543a-8baf-ea5d067d4467.html