Posted on 02/06/2021 5:24:26 PM PST by ransomnote
United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Steven M. Fitch, age 25, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher for being in unlawful possession of a destructive device. Judge Buescher sentenced Fitch to 30 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Once Fitch is released from prison, he will begin a three-year term of supervised release.
An investigation conducted by the Omaha Police Department, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms determined that on May 31, 2020, Fitch was participating in protests in and around downtown Omaha. During the protests, Fitch was encountered by officers with the Omaha Police Department at 15th and Jackson Streets. Officers determined Fitch possessed a destructive device, also known as a Molotov cocktail, which is a firearm under the National Firearms Act. The Molotov cocktail was located in Fitch’s front pants pocket and consisted of a glass bottle with clear liquid inside and a red rag protruding out of the opening. Fitch also had several lighters in his front pants pocket.
Douglas County Sheriff’s Forensic Services Bureau tested the red rag that was attached to the Molotov cocktail, which was positive for containing the chemical “Gasoline.” The Molotov cocktail was in operating condition and was capable of exploding when ignited.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms determined that the Molotov cocktail device was not registered to Fitch as required by the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
“This case demonstrates the commitment of ATF and our Law Enforcement partners to investigate those that threaten the life and property of others by introducing violence and fear into peaceful, well-intended protests,” said Fred Winston, Special Agent in Charge of ATF’s Kansas City Field Division.
This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Quick! Convict one or two leftists before we arrest every conservative in sight!
The Just Us Department convicts 99.998% conservatives.....
You can register a molotov cocktail?
This has to be Sniffer’s third or forth pardon.
A self-palace bong perhaps?
So, it wasn’t just a convenient but inadvisable way of transporting fuel for his lawnmower? The court didn’t buy the story that he just wanted to clean some tar from the rocker panels of his car? /s
Meanwhile, there has yet to be any prosecution of the rioters who burned down parts of Minneapolis last summer and those arrested have been bailed out by Kamala Harris’s fund. It would seem that there are two standards of justice and BLM and Antifa rioters can burn and loot with impunity while the FBI is hunting anyone who happened to be in Washington on January 6 as domestic terrorists.
“ You can register a molotov cocktail?”
Yep.
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Oh how I happy I am to know he’ll get many butt-kickin’s, the hard way!
I bet that little rat spent part of his summer up in Minneapolis with his drink of choice.
Check the films. There are thousands of photos of the rioters in MPLS. What about those people? 3rd precinct was torched.
People didn’t wait in line to go into the building.
People actually destroyed the 3rd.
I see a double standard here, but I cant figure out why. s/
“There is no parole in the federal system . . . he will begin a three-year term of supervised release.”
I wonder what is the difference.
Try reading the article, this rioter was one of the May 2020 rioters in Omaha, Nebraska, not one of the guys who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6 2021.
This was the prorest, if I recall correctly, where rioters attacked a bar owner and war veteran ...and his dad...who was trying to defend his business. The bar owner shot an attacker in self defense... the local cops didnt charge him but Democrats higher up the food chain went after him. Antifa types doxxed his mother, and after being harassed he committed suicide.
Back doored jails and revolving door sentencing for tools of the left.
If the bars were allowed to open people would drink inside, duh
I wonder what is the difference is.
The difference is that, in the federal system, once you are sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment, you will actually have to serve the full 30 months of imprisonment. No "time off for good behavior."
THEN, after having served the full time, the perp is released, but must still submit to a period of supervision "on the outside."
Verstanden?
It's all there in the article!
Regards,
I hope no one looks in my liquor cabinet.
He’s now a convicted felon and it can limit him in voting, possessing/owning a gun, working certain types of jobs, and associating with known criminals (i.e. Antifa, Black Bloc, BLM, etc).
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