You will notice the headlines!Then read down to the second paragraph about 3/4 way down.Possession of a firearm with obliterated serial number and possession of a unregistered machine gun.Now I wonder what the headlines would have been if you or I would have been caught with these firearms?
2 deputies indicted in digging artifacts
Mark Shaffer
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 17, 2000
FLAGSTAFF - Two suspended Yavapai County sheriff's deputies have
been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of illegally digging in an
ancient Indian regional trade center southeast of Flagstaff.
Deputy John Day Price, a nine-year veteran of the department from
Chino Valley, was indicted on one count each of making false
statements to officers, violation of the federal Archaeological Resources
Protection Act and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial
number. Price also was indicted on three counts of possession of an
unregistered machine gun.
Sgt. Tony Mascher, a 13-year veteran of the department from Seligman,
was charged with one count each of making false statements to officers
and the archaeological resource act violation.
Mike Price, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office, said the
indictments were returned after a five-month investigation by federal
agents.
Meanwhile, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office criticized the feds for not
turning over information about the investigation of the two officers so
disciplinary action could be taken against them.
"The county was trying to find out more information so they could fire
those guys," Mike Price said. "But they ran up against the federal
privacy act and they needed a court order, which they didn't get."
John Price and Mascher were spotted digging on May 16 in a 20-acre
ruin known as the Kinnikinick site by an Arizona State University
student doing mapping for the Forest Service. The student then called
Forest Service officers. The deputies were placed on administrative leave
by Yavapai County two days later.
Mike Price said he could not comment on what items may have been
taken.
But archaeologists have said the site is rich in items including seashell
jewelry, beads and pottery and that it was a regional trade center for
Indian cultures from the Verde Valley to the Four Corners region.
Source;
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1017copsindicted17.html
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Bob--- Age and deceit will overcome youth and speed.
I'm old and deceitful.
2 deputies indicted in digging artifacts
Mark Shaffer
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 17, 2000
FLAGSTAFF - Two suspended Yavapai County sheriff's deputies have
been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of illegally digging in an
ancient Indian regional trade center southeast of Flagstaff.
Deputy John Day Price, a nine-year veteran of the department from
Chino Valley, was indicted on one count each of making false
statements to officers, violation of the federal Archaeological Resources
Protection Act and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial
number. Price also was indicted on three counts of possession of an
unregistered machine gun.
Sgt. Tony Mascher, a 13-year veteran of the department from Seligman,
was charged with one count each of making false statements to officers
and the archaeological resource act violation.
Mike Price, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office, said the
indictments were returned after a five-month investigation by federal
agents.
Meanwhile, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office criticized the feds for not
turning over information about the investigation of the two officers so
disciplinary action could be taken against them.
"The county was trying to find out more information so they could fire
those guys," Mike Price said. "But they ran up against the federal
privacy act and they needed a court order, which they didn't get."
John Price and Mascher were spotted digging on May 16 in a 20-acre
ruin known as the Kinnikinick site by an Arizona State University
student doing mapping for the Forest Service. The student then called
Forest Service officers. The deputies were placed on administrative leave
by Yavapai County two days later.
Mike Price said he could not comment on what items may have been
taken.
But archaeologists have said the site is rich in items including seashell
jewelry, beads and pottery and that it was a regional trade center for
Indian cultures from the Verde Valley to the Four Corners region.
Source;
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1017copsindicted17.html
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Bob--- Age and deceit will overcome youth and speed.
I'm old and deceitful.