Reese family sentenced to time served, probation and fines :: 11/07/2014

Former Deming, N.M. gun dealers Rick, Terri and Ryin Reese were sentenced Wednesday to time served, three years of supervised release and fines, a Tea Party Patriots of Luna County observer calling from the United States District Court in Las Cruces informed Gun Rights Examiner yesterday. That report was subsequently confirmed by the Las Cruces Sun-News and the Associated Press.

The fines, paid at the court house, were $100 for each conviction, or $400 total, as husband Rick and wife Terri had each been convicted on one count of making false statements and son Ryin had been convicted on two. They will also be subject to an order to refrain from alcohol possession and use, random drug testing/DNA samples, and to home/vehicle searches DNA samples, as well as forbidden to own guns.

In spite of the prosecutor asking for five years, Judge Robert C. Brack ruled the family, with no prior criminal record, did not pose a threat and that probation was appropriate. Because the convictions are for felonies rather than misdemeanors, which the family had unsuccessfully moved to vacate, they are now considering their legal options. As convicted felons, they are prohibited from owning firearms by federal law.

Arrested in 2011 for allegedly knowingly selling guns to cartel members while operating a New Mexico gun store, all Reese family members were found not guilty on the most serious charges of conspiracy. Additionally and significantly, money laundering charges against them were dismissed. Rick, Terri and Ryin were each convicted on lesser charges of making false statements on forms, basically under the presumption that they should have known federal agents were lying. Son Remington was cleared of all charges.

For now, Reese family members can, for the first time since their ordeal began over three years ago, face the future knowing they are subject to no further incarceration. Their plans, including appeals of the felony sentences, have not been announced at this writing.

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