BUNKERVILLE UPDATE:  OREGON JUDGE CRACKS DOWN AFTER MEETING AT BUNDY RANCH

"Some people get their kicks stomping on a dream......."

Frank Sinatra-"That's Life" (1966)

Word from "Redoubt News" is  that US District Judge Anna J. Brown in Portland has come down on Ryan Payne and Jon Ritzheimer after they met recently for a reunion of sorts at Bundy Ranch in Nevada.

Payne is one of the defendants in the Bunkerville case and is awaiting sentencing in the Oregon Standoff protest while Ritzheimer has already been sentenced for his role.

Because they met at Bundy Ranch, Brown has ordered Ritzheimer to report to prison early on January 12th.    She has also ordered that Payne be under house arrest in Las Vegas instead of being allowed to travel freely with a curfew.

While US District Judge Gloria Navarro ordered pre-trial release for Payne, Judge Brown also has a say in his release because he is awaiting sentencing for his role in the Oregon Standoff protest.

The Bundy Ranch meeting between Ritzheimer and Payne happened just before Christmas (Dec. 22 or 23) with Ritzheimer coming from his home in Arizona and Payne enroute to Montana where he was allowed to spend the holidays by Judge Gloria Navarro.

Maxine Bernstein from "Oregon Live" reports that a federal "pretrial services officer" in Portland spotted Facebook photos of the men and told the judge about them out of concern they were violating the conditions of their release.

The federal criminal justice-law enforcement bureaucracy seems to really have a determination to come down on the people associated with the Oregon and Nevada protests.


(UPDATED LATE TUESDAY)