LaVoy Finicum shooting: Indictment of agent ‘devastating’ for FBI
September 12, 2017 in News by RBN Staff
FBI agent indicted
FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita, 40, faces a five-count indictment on Wednesday, June 28, 2017,at Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse in Portland. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Sketch by Deb Marble/Special to The Oregonian/OregonLive
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Stephanie Yao Long | The Oregonian/OregonLive
FBI agent indicted
Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, speaks at a media conference after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita appeared in court on Wednesday. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long | The Oregonian/OregonLive
FBI agent indicted
Mona Cleveland and her daughter Hanna drove from Burns to show their suppprt Wednesday for LaVoy Finicum. “Justice for LaVoy!” Mona exclaimed to passing cars outside the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse in Portland. FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita, 40, is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long | The Oregonian/OregonLive
FBI agent indicted
Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson speaks at a media conference after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita appeared in court on Wednesday. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long | The Oregonian/OregonLive
FBI agent indicted
Oregon State Police superintendent Travis Hampton speaks at a news conference Wednesday after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita was in court at Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long | The Oregonian/OregonLive
FBI agent indicted
Robert “LaVoy” Finicum and Bundy family friend Kelli Stewart speaks with reporters outside the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse in Portland on Wednesday. FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita, 40, is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long
FBI agent indicted
United States Attorney for the district of Oregon Billy J. Williams appears at a news conference Wednesday after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita was in court at Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long
FBI agent indicted
Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson speaks at a news conference after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita was in court on Wednesday at Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long
FBI agent indicted
Oregon State Police superintendent Travis Hampton speaks at a news conference Wednesday after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita was in court at Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. Behind Hampton are, from left; Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson; United States Attorney for the District of Oregon Billy J. Williams; Michael Tompkins, special agent-in-charge, Office of the Inspector General, and Pamela Holsinger, chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon. FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita, 40, is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long
FBI agent indicted
Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson speaks at a news conference Wednesday, June 28, 2017, after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita was in court at Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long
FBI agent indicted
Michael Tompkins, special agent-in-charge, Office of the Inspector General, appears at a news conference Wednesday after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita was in court at Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long
FBI agent indicted
Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson, left, and Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, appear at a news conference Wednesday after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita appeared in court. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long
FBI agent indicted
Oregon State Police superintendent Travis Hampton, from left; Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson; United States Attorney for the District of Oregon Billy J. Williams; Michael Tompkins, special agent-in-charge, Office of the Inspector General, and Pamela Holsinger, chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon, appear at a new conference Wednesday at the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita, 40, is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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Stephanie Yao Long | The Oregonian/OregonLive
FBI agent indicted
Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, speaks at a media conference after FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita appeared in court on Wednesday. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice after firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum in January 2016. Stephanie Yao Long/Staff
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