Nevada man pleads guilty in armed occupation in Oregon

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By AP
Posted: Fri 1:34 AM, May 20, 2016
Updated: Fri 8:29 AM, May 20, 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - ... In exchange for Corey Lequieu's plea, prosecutors agreed to drop weapons charges.

A federal judge scheduled sentencing for Aug. 25. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Gabriel says prosecutors will recommend 2 ½ years in prison ...

Lequieu is the first of 26 defendants charged with conspiracy to plead guilty ...

Asked why he pleaded guilty, he said: "Damned if I do, damned if I don't."

http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Occupier-pleads-guilty-Damned-if-I-do-damned-if-I-dont-380228441.html

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1. Second Oregon Refuge Occupier Pleads Guilty

Thursday, May 19, 2016
Last Update: 6:50 PM PT
By KARINA BROWN

... Lequieu pleaded guilty to conspiring to keep federal officers from doing their jobs.

In exchange, the government agreed to drop two other charges: possession of guns in a federal facility and using a gun to commit a crime of violence — which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

And the government agreed not to charge Lequieu over his alleged role in the 2014 standoff between the government and patriarch Cliven Bundy at the elder Bundy's Bunkerville, Nevada, ranch over a refusal to pay more than $1 million in federal grazing fees.

Lequieu, who lived in Fallon, Nevada, before the occupation, has several unrelated felony convictions in California. As part of the plea deal, the government also agreed not to charge Lequieu for being a felon in possession of a gun either in Nevada or in Oregon ...

http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/05/19/second-oregon-refuge-occupier-pleads-guilty.htm

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2. one douchebag down 25 to go

Hope he gets at least the 2.5 years...

Bundy fuckers are looking at a lot more time than that