e standoff with armed militia in Oregon escalated on Friday after police swooped on one of the protesters to make the first arrest in connection with the two-week occupation of a federal wildlife refuge
The suspect, arrested over allegedly unauthorized use of a government vehicle, was detained outside a Safeway supermarket in Burns, Oregon, some 30 miles from the Malheur national wildlife refuge.
He appears to have driven to the supermarket in a vehicle allegedly stolen from the the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which runs the refuge for rare birds.
Armed militia have been seen driving the government vehicles around the refuge ever since they took over the site in protestover federal land management policies earlier this month.
Police identified the suspect as Kenneth Medenbach, 62, of Crescent, Oregon.
“He was arrested on probable cause for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle,” the Harney County Sheriff’s office said in a statement.
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