DeLemus refused bail, awaits transport to Nevada

Jerry DeLemus during his time in Nevada in 2014. (You Tube image)

CONCORD, N.H. - A Rochester tea party activist and co-chair of the state's Veterans for Trump group is headed to Nevada where he'll face indictment on a host of charges in connection with his involvement in an alleged 2014 standoff with federal agents after a judge ruled Tuesday in favor of his continued detention pending trial.

U.S. Attorney Mark Zuckerman, the lead prosecutor in a detention hearing for Jerry DeLemus on Monday, said DeLemus is now the responsibility of U.S. Marshals who will see that he is transported to a federal court in Las Vegas where his trial will likely play out.

A Strafford County Jail supervisor confirmed that as of today, however, DeLemus is still incarcerated there.

In a written ruling rejecting bail U.S. District Court Judge Andrea Johnstone writes, "The nature of the offenses charged, combined with the weight of the evidence against the defendant and the demonstrated seriousness of danger to persons in the community that would be posed by the defendant's release, weigh against his release."

Defense attorney Jonathan Saxe had argued in favor of bail, noting that DeLemus has had no criminal history in the nearly two years since the standoff.

DeLemus' 60-some page indictments specifically charge him with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, threatening a federal law enforcement officer, assault on a federal officer, obstruction of justice, attempting to impede or injure a federal law enforcement officer, interference with interstate commerce by extortion, and several firearms charges, according to court records.
The indictment alleges an armed assault against federal agents around Bunkerville, Nev., on April 12, 2014, over the government's attempted seizure of Bundy's cattle from federal land.