Federal grand jury indicts 16 people in Malheur refuge takeover

Ammon Bundy and 15 others accused in the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge — including four people who remain at the bird sanctuary — have been indicted on a charge of conspiracy to impede federal officers through intimidation, threats or force.


A federal grand jury returned the indictments Wednesday and they were unsealed Thursday morning...


Named along with the Bundys are Jon Ritzheimer, Joseph O'Shaughnessy, Ryan Payne, Brian Cavalier, Shawna Cox, Peter Santilli, Jason Patrick, Duane Leo Ehmer and Dylan Anderson.


Also indicted are four still at the refuge: Sean Anderson, David Lee Fry, Jeff Wayne Banta and Sandra Lynn Pfeifer Anderson.


Finally, Kenneth Medenbach, arrested in January in Burns and accused of driving a government truck off the refuge property, is also named...


Occupation spokesman Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, 54, was shot and killed by state police after he sped away from the stop, rammed into a snowbank and then emerged from his truck with his hands up but then reached twice into the inner pocket of his jacket, according to the FBI. He had a loaded 9 mm pistol on him, the FBI said...

These are the defendants named in the indictments: Ammon Bundy, 40, of Emmett, Idaho; Jon Ritzheimer, 32, of Peoria, Arizona; Joseph O'Shaughnessy, 43, of Cottonwood, Arizona; Ryan Payne, 32, of Anaconda, Montana; Ryan Bundy, of Bunkerville, Nevada; Brian Cavalier,44, of Bunkerville, Nevada; Shawna Cox, 59, of Kanab, Utah; Peter Santilli 50, of Cincinnati; Jason Patrick, 43, of Bonaire, Georgia; Duane Leo Ehmer, 45, of Irrigon; Dylan Anderson; Sean Anderson, 47; David Lee Fry, 27, of Blanchester, Ohio; Jeff Wayne Banta, 46, of Elko, Nevada; Sandra Lynn Pfeifer Anderson, 48; and Kenneth Medenbach, 62, of Crescent. The Andersons recently moved from Wisconsin to Idaho...