Mixed verdicts handed down in latest Oregon standoff case

By Jennifer Cruz

A federal jury Friday delivered a mixed bag of results for four men involved in a more than month-long occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, near Burns, Oregon, last year.
Verdicts split nearly evenly for the men — Jason Patrick, Darryl Thorn, Duane Ehmer and Jake Ryan — who were arrested with dozens of others last February after an armed standoff with federal authorities.
Jurors found Patrick guilty of conspiracy to impede U.S. officers, but not guilty of possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in a federal facility.
Thorn was found guilty of conspiracy to impede U.S. officers and possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in a federal facility.
Ehmer was found not guilty of conspiracy to impede U.S. officers, but guilty of depredation of government property.
Ryan was found not guilty of conspiracy to impede U.S. officers and possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in a federal facility, but guilty of depredation of government property.
Sentencing for the four men is scheduled in May. U.S Attorney for the District of Oregon, Billy J. Williams,  said the defendants prevented U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management employees from doing their jobs and also interfered with the lives of local residents during the 41-day occupation.
“The negative impacts of

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