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Citizen patrolling border guilty for carrying gun
Associated Press
Jan. 15, 2004 07:45 AM
TUCSON - The leader of a citizens' border patrol group was found guilty of two misdemeanors for carrying a firearm while on national forest property.
U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Nancy Fiora ruled Wednesday that Chris Simcox was guilty of knowingly entering the Coronado National Memorial with a weapon and giving false information to a law enforcement official.
Simcox was arrested in January 2003 amid allegations that he walked onto the property while carrying a firearm.
Simcox is founder of Civil Homeland Defense, a Tucson-based citizens border patrol group.
Simcox, who said he's not guilty because he was in an area that was not marked by any sign, will appeal the ruling.
Sentencing on the misdemeanors, which carry penalties ranging from probation to eight months behind bars, is scheduled for March 23.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0115patrolfounder-judgement-ON.html
Associated Press
Jan. 15, 2004 07:45 AM
TUCSON - The leader of a citizens' border patrol group was found guilty of two misdemeanors for carrying a firearm while on national forest property.
U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Nancy Fiora ruled Wednesday that Chris Simcox was guilty of knowingly entering the Coronado National Memorial with a weapon and giving false information to a law enforcement official.
Simcox was arrested in January 2003 amid allegations that he walked onto the property while carrying a firearm.
Simcox is founder of Civil Homeland Defense, a Tucson-based citizens border patrol group.
Simcox, who said he's not guilty because he was in an area that was not marked by any sign, will appeal the ruling.
Sentencing on the misdemeanors, which carry penalties ranging from probation to eight months behind bars, is scheduled for March 23.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0115patrolfounder-judgement-ON.html