Member of Oregon militia that seized wildlife refuge becomes group’s first arrest after he drives ‘stolen’ government vehicle to supermarket
Kenneth Medenbach, 62, was arrested after he drove a vehicle owned by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Safeway in Burns on Friday
Arrest was first made since group took over buildings at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on January 2
Authorities said they recovered two vehicles stolen from the wildlife refuge, which had previously been reported to the sheriff’s office
Medenbach was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle
DailyMail.com
16 January 2016
A member of the group of armed men who have seized a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon in an anti-government protest has been arrested after driving a government vehicle to a local supermarket, officials said.
Police arrested Kenneth Medenbach, a 62-year-old resident of Crescent, Oregon, after he drove a vehicle owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Safeway in Burns on Friday, the Harney County Sheriff’s office said in a statement.
The arrest was the first made since the group took over buildings at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on January 2 in the latest conflict over the U.S. government’s control of land in the West.
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