Pete Santilli Earns Release, But Will Stay In Jail For Now

[struggle4progress]

by Conrad Wilson OPB | Feb. 29, 2016 5:05 p.m. | Updated: Feb. 29, 2016 6:46 p.m.

A federal judge ordered that Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupier Pete Santilli be released from pre-trial detention Monday. Despite that order, he won’t be released anytime soon.

At the hearing, U.S. District Judge Anna Brown agreed with a pre-trial services recommendation that Santilli, an Internet radio host from Ohio, be released to a halfway house as long as he receives a mental health evaluation and follows any recommendations.

However, Santilli will remain in custody in Multnomah County because he has been charged elsewhere, too. Santilli is facing felony charges in Nevada related to a 2014 armed standoff between ranchers and the Bureau of Land Management.

To gain release in Oregon, Santilli would first need to win a detention hearing related to the Nevada charges ...

http://www.opb.org/news/article/refuge-occupier-pete-santilli-earns-release-but-will-stay-in-jail/

[Egnever]

1. Aww

Such a shame

[dmr]

2. Oh, I'm so happy about the 2014 charges

and even if he's released, it'll be to a halfway house pending a psych review.

Do you remember if he made any outrageous statements back then? I'm trying to remember. If he did, they may not release him. Poor baby ... not!

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. So FINALLY charges are coming for 2014

[longship]

4. Hopefully more are on the way.

The wheels of justice grind slowly and all that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. sometimes ice sheet slow

[Mendocino]

6. They can keep him.

We don't want him back here in Ohio. That applies to crazy David Fry too.