Emry, facing gun charges, traveled to Oregon in van loaned by Bundy, prosecutors say
By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on July 14, 2016 at 4:56 PM, updated July 14, 2016 at 5:02 PM
Prosecutors Friday will argue against Michael Emry's second request in less than two months for pretrial release ...
Emry was arrested in John Day in early May after FBI agents found the machine gun - identified by agents as an M2 Browning -- in a travel trailer serving as his home. He faces charges of possession of a machine gun not registered to him, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number ...
He told FBI agents that he had traveled from Idaho to Oregon in December 2015 in a van loaned to him by Ammon Bundy, one of the leaders in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Lichvarchik wrote. They, along with Ryan Payne and other militants stayed in a house in Burns at that time, according to the prosecutor.
On Jan. 11, Emry informed a Deschutes County sheriff's deputy at a law enforcement checkpoint at the Burns airport that there was a .50-caliber belt-fed machine gun on the refuge, according to Lichvarchik's memo. The deputy perceived Emry's statement as an attempt to intimidate law enforcement, Lichvarchik wrote ...
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