Jerry delemus biography
DeLemus, a Tea Party organizer from the Granite State who is also the co-chairman of state's arm of Veterans for Trump, was indicted in early March on federal.!
LAS VEGAS -- A judge called a New Hampshire man a "bully vigilante" and sentenced him Wednesday to more than seven years in prison for his role organizing armed backers of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy after a standoff with U.S.
agents in 2014.
Gerald "Jerry" DeLemus became the first person sentenced for his ties to the confrontation that became a rallying cry for those who want vast stretches of federal land in the U.S. West put under local control.
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Eighteen others are in custody.
DeLemus has been jailed for almost 16 months, so the sentence means the 62-year-old former U.S. Marine will spend about six more years behind bars.
DeLemus arrived at the Bundy ranch hours after the tense armed standoff that led to the release of the rancher's cattle and was hailed as a victory in a decades-long fight over government-owned land.
He then spent more than a month in an encampment organizing armed patrols and serving as an intermediary between a self-styled militia and local au