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Michael Emry appeared at the Malheur National Wildilfe Refuge on Jan 6., 2016. He described himself as an embedded reporter with the militia. (Mark Graves| Staff)
Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
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on January 23, 2017 at 4:25 PM, updated January 23, 2017 at 5:43 PM
OREGON STANDOFF TRIAL
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Michael Emry pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to possessing a fully automatic .50-caliber machine gun that he brought to Oregon in a van loaned to him by Ammon Bundy, one of the leaders in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Prosecutors in a negotiated plea deal will recommend Emry spend two and a half years in prison. He's scheduled to be sentenced April 3 in U.S. District Court in Eugene.
The 54-year-old resident of John Day, according to a federal prosecutor, admitted he stole the machine gun from a man in Idaho, obliterated its serial number and traveled with it from Idaho to Oregon in December 2015 in Bundy's van. He, Bundy, 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 a .50-caliber belt-fed machine gun was on the refuge, according to a court filing by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Lichvarcik. The deputy perceived Emry's statement as an attempt to intimidate law enforcement during the occupation of the federal wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon.
A confidential source told the FBI that it was a good thing law enforcement seized the machine gun from Emry, because Oregon standoff defendant Darryl Thorn, charged with federal conspiracy and other misdemeanor charges in the refuge takeover, had wanted another refuge occupier to retrieve the machine gun from Emry and had asked for training on how to use it, the federal prosecutor wrote.
Before FBI agents executed the search warrant on his trailer in John Day in May, Emry had been negotiating to sell the Browning M2 machine gun in Oregon to an undercover law enforcement officer who posed as a convicted felon and captain of a Texas militia group, Lichvarcik wrote in a court filing.
Emry told agents that the firearm was fully automatic and could fire between 550 and 650 rounds per minute, according to federal prosecutors.
A conviction for possession of a machine gun could bring a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $10,000 fine and three years of supervised release.
Bundy was acquitted of federal conspiracy and weapons charges after a five-week trial in Portland in the fall. Payne, who pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge, awaits sentencing. Emry was never charged with conspiracy stemming from the refuge occupation.
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2017/01/michael_emry_pleads_guilty_in.html
This could have gone very wrong.
Michael Emry appeared at the Malheur National Wildilfe Refuge on Jan 6., 2016. He described himself as an embedded reporter with the militia. (Mark Graves| Staff)
Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Print Email Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on January 23, 2017 at 4:25 PM, updated January 23, 2017 at 5:43 PM
OREGON STANDOFF TRIAL
Judge finds Oregon standoff defendant Jake Ryan's statements to FBI were voluntary
Oregon refuge occupier violated probation by using synthetic pot
Judge to allow Ammon Bundy, Ryan Payne to testify in second refuge takeover trial
Repair of two trenches, road dug at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge cost more than $100,000
Prosecutor files formal criminal information, lodging three charges against Marcus Mumford
All Stories
Michael Emry pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to possessing a fully automatic .50-caliber machine gun that he brought to Oregon in a van loaned to him by Ammon Bundy, one of the leaders in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Prosecutors in a negotiated plea deal will recommend Emry spend two and a half years in prison. He's scheduled to be sentenced April 3 in U.S. District Court in Eugene.
The 54-year-old resident of John Day, according to a federal prosecutor, admitted he stole the machine gun from a man in Idaho, obliterated its serial number and traveled with it from Idaho to Oregon in December 2015 in Bundy's van. He, Bundy, 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 a .50-caliber belt-fed machine gun was on the refuge, according to a court filing by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Lichvarcik. The deputy perceived Emry's statement as an attempt to intimidate law enforcement during the occupation of the federal wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon.
A confidential source told the FBI that it was a good thing law enforcement seized the machine gun from Emry, because Oregon standoff defendant Darryl Thorn, charged with federal conspiracy and other misdemeanor charges in the refuge takeover, had wanted another refuge occupier to retrieve the machine gun from Emry and had asked for training on how to use it, the federal prosecutor wrote.
Before FBI agents executed the search warrant on his trailer in John Day in May, Emry had been negotiating to sell the Browning M2 machine gun in Oregon to an undercover law enforcement officer who posed as a convicted felon and captain of a Texas militia group, Lichvarcik wrote in a court filing.
Emry told agents that the firearm was fully automatic and could fire between 550 and 650 rounds per minute, according to federal prosecutors.
A conviction for possession of a machine gun could bring a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $10,000 fine and three years of supervised release.
Bundy was acquitted of federal conspiracy and weapons charges after a five-week trial in Portland in the fall. Payne, who pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge, awaits sentencing. Emry was never charged with conspiracy stemming from the refuge occupation.
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2017/01/michael_emry_pleads_guilty_in.html
This could have gone very wrong.