Oregon farmers at center of grazing rights dispute REJECT Bundy family occupation of federal building and insist they plan to ‘peacefully’ report to prison on Monday
Father and son Dwight Hammond Jr, 73, and Steven Hammond, 46, have been ordered to report to prison on Monday to be charged with arson again
They served time three years ago for setting fires on their land to kill plants
A judge has now ruled their sentences were insufficient
Protesting for their freedom, militia members with as many as 150 supporters have occupied a government building in Princeton, Oregon
But the Hammond family has rejected their support, their lawyer said
Occupiers include Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was involved in a 2014 standoff over grazing rights
By KELLY MCLAUGHLIN
DAILYMAIL.COM
3 January 2016
The Oregon ranchers bound for prison on Monday have rejected the support of militiamen who are occupying the headquarters of a national wildlife refuge to protest for their release.
Dwight Hammond Jr, 73, and his son Steven Hammond, 46, are at the center of a dispute over grazing rights after starting fires to stop invasive plants from growing on their land in 2001 and 2006.
Despite serving jail time for arson three years ago a judge has ruled their initial sentences were insufficient.
But the father and son insist they plan to comply with law enforcement – and insist the armed demonstrators are nothing to do with them.
As many as 150 people led by Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s two sons took over the Malheur National Wildlife building in Princeton, Oregon, on Saturday and vowed to stay there ‘for years’.
‘Neither Ammon Bundy nor anyone within his group/organization speak for the Hammond Family,’ the Hammonds’ lawyer W. Alan Schroeder wrote to Sheriff David Ward, according to CBS.
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