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• Tax protester headed north instead of to court

  July 15, 2010 A Deer Park man, whose ex-wife said he might “go Ruby Ridge” if the government tried seizing his home for unpaid taxes, was ordered held without bond Thursday after being … 1

• Agents seize weapons cache

    January 24, 2009 in City on Page A1 An arsenal of weapons, including seven machine guns, was seized by federal agents in Spokane after the arrest of a man now charged in Western Washington with illegally possessing an …

• Kirby Kehoe Charged With New Gun Crimes Wife Said He Pointed Machine Gun At Her; Federal Agents Also Find Live Hand Grenades

  March 26, 1998 in City on Page B1 Kehoe

• Freeman Takes The Stand Farmer Testifies He Never Profited From Financial Schemes

  March 26, 1998 in City on Page B4 A key member of the Montana freemen described himself to a federal jury Wednesday as simply a desperate farmer who never understood or participated in the freemen’s multimillion-dollar financial schemes. …

• Agent Begins Tale Of How He Conned Freemen ‘Mike Manson’ Lured Leaders Of Standoff Into A Sting Operation

  March 24, 1998 in Idaho on Page B3 One of the FBI’s top con men described Monday how he lured the leaders of the Montana freemen into a sting operation that toppled their multimillion dollar hot-check operation. LeRoy …

• Cda Playing ‘Games With Us,’ Aryan Says But Police Say Merchants Filed For Festival Before Parade Request Was Resubmitted

  March 24, 1998 in Idaho on Page B1 Richard Butler, Aryan Nations

• Kehoe Tied To Bombing At City Hall In ‘Dateline’ Interview, Cheyne Claims Chevie Detonated Device To Further ‘White State’ Cause

  March 15, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 One of the notorious Kehoe brothers is accusing another of setting off the bomb that rattled Spokane’s City Hall and its employees two years ago. Cheyne Kehoe names his older …

• Fbi Agent Says Men Planned Bomb Spree 3 Suspects Allegedly New Order Members

  March 7, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 Three men allegedly plotted to bomb public buildings across the country and kill a federal judge, an FBI agent said Friday at a bail hearing for the men on weapons …

• Informant Boasted He Also Had Anthax Bacteria, Paper Reports A Telephone Recording Of Rockwell Claim Allegedly Exists

  March 7, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 A week before he turned in two medical researchers for allegedly possessing deadly anthrax, FBI informant Ronald Rockwell boasted that he, too, had the bacteria, a newspaper reported Friday. The …

• Charges Dropped In Anthrax Case

  February 24, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 Two men arrested in an anthrax scare were cleared Monday of all biological weapons charges, but one still faced new allegations of violating his probation. Federal prosecutors withdrew felony charges …

• Fbi Busts Pair For Possession Of Germ Agent One Suspect Is Ex-Member Of Aryan Nations

  February 20, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Larry Wayne Harris, foreground, and William J. Leavitt Jr. are escorted from federal court in Las Vegas on Thursday. Photo by Associated Press

• Cda Considers Response To Aryan Parade Request

  February 11, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Business and civil rights leaders in Coeur d’Alene are planning an image-war counterpunch if the Aryan Nations gets a permit for an April parade. There is a growing consensus, leaders …

• 27-Year Term Sought For Cheyne Kehoe Ohio Judge Schedules Sentencing For Tuesday

  January 14, 1998 in City on Page B4 The state will ask a judge to send a Colville man to prison for 27-1/2 years for shooting at police officers in a videotaped gunbattle, a prosecutor said Tuesday. A …

• Agents Testify For Kehoe Say Cheyne Kehoe Helped Authorities Find Fugitive Brother

  January 10, 1998 in City on Page B2 Cheyne Kehoe, accused of trying to kill two Ohio police officers during a videotaped shootout, cooperated with federal authorities who indicted his brother in Arkansas, officials testified in court Friday. …

• Horror Of Bombing Described Prosecutors Try To Convince Skeptical Jury That Terry Nichols Deserves Death Penalty

  December 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Roy Sells leaves the federal courthouse in Denver on Monday after testifying in the penalty phase against Terry Nichols. Sells’ wife was killed in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Photo …

• Prosecution: Nichols Chose Path Defense Claims Government’s Case ‘Woefully Lacking’

  December 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Backed by two huge photos of the Oklahoma City federal building - before and after the bombing - a prosecutor told jurors in closing arguments Monday that Terry Nichols all …

• Risk By Nichols Defense Backfires Wife Actually Perfect Prosecution Witness

  December 12, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 In a startling turn of events, the young wife of Terry Lynn Nichols became the perfect prosecution witness Thursday in the second Oklahoma City bombing case. Marife Nichols, 24, frail …

• Indictment Looms For Chevie Kehoe 2 Other White Supremacists Face Federal Charges

  December 12, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Chevie Kehoe 2. Danny Lee 3. Faron Lovelace

• Nichols’ Defense Opens Its Case Strategy Is To Distance Oklahoma City Bombing Suspect From Mcveigh

  December 3, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Lawyers for accused Oklahoma City bomber Terry Lynn Nichols began laying the foundation of their defense on Tuesday - that their client was not the righthand man for Timothy McVeigh …

• Bomber Sounds Warning Before 55-Year Sentence

  December 3, 1997 in City on Page B2 Ratigan

• Nichols Judge Slams Fbi But Chemist’s Talk Of Evidence Won’t Prevent Bomb Testimony

  November 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 An FBI chemist was wrong to discuss a crucial piece of evidence in the Oklahoma City bombing with an agent before testifying against Terry Nichols, but the mistake wasn’t serious …

• 2 Sentenced In Republic Of Texas Standoff

  November 5, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 Republic of Texas leader Richard McLaren was sentenced to 99 years in prison, and his top lieutenant got 50 years Tuesday for plotting an abduction that led to a weeklong …

• Sentencing Delayed For Valley Bomber, But No Third Trial Charles H. Barbee Faces Mandatory Life Imprisonment

  November 1, 1997 in Idaho on Page B2 A Spokane Valley bomber’s request for a third trial was denied Friday, but he succeeded in getting his sentencing postponed. Charles H. Barbee, 43, faces mandatory life in prison when …

• Prospective Juror Zeroes In On Technical Side Of Bomb

  October 8, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 A prospective juror said Tuesday he believes Terry Nichols is guilty because it probably took more than one person to build the bomb that destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building. …

• Fourth Bomber Convicted Ratigan Found Guilty Of Bank Robbery And Attack On Clinic

  October 1, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 William Ratigan leaves the U.S. Court House in Spokane after the conviction of his son, Brian Ratigan, Tuesday. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

• Trial Notebook

  July 24, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 The bombing and robbery charges were serious, but the four-week trial did have its lighter moments: Idaho lifestyles When the government’s key informant, Idaho military surplus dealer Christopher Davidson Jr., …

• Verdict Was A Relief To Victims

  July 24, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Surveillance cameras captured the scene at the U.S. Bank Valley branch during a 1996 robbery. Workers expressed relief Wednesday when three men were convicted in connection with the crime. Fiel/The …

• Three Guilty In Valley Bombings Jurors Convict Sandpoint Militants On All Counts

  July 24, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 U.S. Attorney Jim Connelly talks to media after a federal jury handed down guilty verdicts on all counts in the Spokane Valley bombings and robberies. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

• Suspect Can’t Prove Whereabouts Berry, One Of 3 Men On Trial In Blasts And Robberies, Offers No Records To Back Claim

  July 18, 1997 in City on Page B1 Robert Berry offered no proof Thursday that he was traveling during the first of last year’s Spokane Valley bombings and robberies. On Wednesday, Berry told jurors he was driving to …

• Judge Allows Jurors To See Militia Book Publication Offers Advice On How To Undermine Trials

  July 9, 1997 in City on Page B1 Jurors in Spokane’s bombing trial will get to read a handbook that coaches them on how to hang a jury. Suspect Robert Berry won’t get to personally cross-examine his own …

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