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struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
Wed Aug 17, 2016, 02:58 PM Aug 2016

First Oregon standoff defendant sent to prison - #BundyTeaParty

Associated Press , KTVB 6:35 AM. MDT August 17, 2016

... Corey Lequieu, 46, was sentenced Tuesday, the first person to be sent to prison in the federal conspiracy case.

U.S. District Court Judge Anna J. Brown also sentenced Lequieu to three years of supervised release after prison and an amount of restitution to be determined later.

In May, Lequieu was the first of 26 standoff defendants charged with conspiracy to plead guilty. He admitted to impeding federal employees through threats, intimidation or force from working at the refuge outside Burns, Oregon.

The conspiracy charge carries a prison sentence of up to six years. But federal prosecutors recommended less time as part of a plea agreement, at least partly because Lequieu was the first in the case to take responsibility ...


http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/regional/first-oregon-standoff-defendant-sent-to-prison/300641466

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First Oregon standoff defendant sent to prison - #BundyTeaParty (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2016 OP
May he be the first of many. Mendocino Aug 2016 #1
Good JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #2
Put 'em in general population! muntrv Aug 2016 #3
Off to the greatest page malaise Aug 2016 #4
2 1/2 years in prison lame54 Aug 2016 #5

Mendocino

(7,492 posts)
1. May he be the first of many.
Wed Aug 17, 2016, 03:17 PM
Aug 2016

The only way to squash these movements is to let them know they face real time and other restrictions.

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