Security beefed up at national wildlife refuges in 3 states

A detention hearing was scheduled Tuesday in federal court in Phoenix for an Arizona man arrested in connection with the occupation of the OR wildlife refuge.

“There are likely other people who are included that they don’t want to revel yet”, said Lisa Hay, an attorney in the federal public defender’s office.

A sign is displayed as part of the demonstrations outside the Harney County Courthouse in Burns, Ore., Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.

The jailed leader of an armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in OR says “the land belongs to the people” and should be turned over to local authorities.

A newly unsealed indictment names 16 defendants, including the holdouts, standoff leader Ammon Bundy and other occupiers arrested last week.

Mourners gather Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at roadside memorial for rancher LaVoy Finicum near Burns, Oregon.

The four occupiers of a wildlife refuge in eastern OR aren’t showing any sign that they are ready to leave in the latest interview with them. Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed January 26 during a confrontation with Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and Oregon State Police on a remote road.

Defense attorneys have said their clients engaged in civil disobedience and are being punished for political speech.

Bundy was denied release last week by U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman, who said he posed a danger to the community and might fail to return to OR for court proceedings.

The indictment was sealed Wednesday afternoon, but Barrow says it would be made public within 24 hours.

The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned February 24 on the indictments, according to The Oregonian.

Four anti-government activists still occupying a US wildlife refuge in OR have been indicted, along with 12 others previously arrested on charges of impeding federal officers during a month-long armed standoff at the compound. Many military veterans and members of self-described “patriot” groups came to Bundy’s defense.

“Now that there’s an indictment, that means in theory that the government presented evidence to a grand jury that found there was probable cause to bring a criminal charge against them”. The remaining occupiers are David Fry, 27, of Blanchester, Ohio; Jeff Banta, 46, of Elko, Nevada; and Sean Anderson, 48, and Sandy Anderson, 47, a married couple from Riggins, Idaho.

The FBI declined to comment beyond directing attention to an aerial video of last Tuesday’s shooting that it released two days later and posted online. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Anna J. Brown.

New released documents show David Fry and the three other holdouts are facing charges along with others already in custody.