BY STEVEN DUBOIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH 2016

... Jon Ritzheimer, 32, admitted that he conspired with Ammon Bundy and others to prevent U.S. Interior Department employees from doing their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and they did so by threats of force or intimidation.

Prosecutors dropped two charges as part of a plea agreement — theft of government property and possessing a firearm on federal property. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Gabriel said prosecutors will recommend 2½ years in prison when the Arizona man is sentenced in May. Ritzheimer's attorney, Terri Wood, can argue for less ...

Ritzheimer was part of the initial convoy that arrived at the refuge near Burns, Oregon, and took control, authorities say. They informed Bundy, who was at the rally, that they had seized the place.

Ritzheimer used his own truck to block an entrance during the occupation and organized armed guard duties, said Gabriel, the prosecutor. Authorities seized a shotgun that he brought to the refuge ...

http://kval.com/news/local/occupier-pleads-guilty-in-refuge-takeover

The September trial should be interesting

Monday, August 15, 2016
Last Update: 4:41 PM PT
By KARINA BROWN

... Ritzheimer, a 32-year-old former Marine who organized an armed anti-Muslim protest outside of a Phoenix mosque in May 2015, admitted Monday to being part of the advance crew that initially secured the wildlife refuge on Jan. 2 ...

Ritzheimer admitted Monday that his armed crew cleared each building at the refuge, set up a perimeter and notified occupation leader Ammon Bundy that the refuge was secured, Ritzheimer told Brown.

Ritzheimer said he also used his truck to block the entrance to the refuge and camped nearby for several days before moving down into the refuge itself ...

"I can see how my actions there would be intimidating and I did forcibly occupy the refuge. So I plead guilty to it," Ritzheimer said ...

http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/08/15/activist-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-refuge-takeover.htm