DIAMOND BAR CATTLE COMPANY

KIT' UPDATE

Kit was hoping to get out of jail yesterday and placed into the custody of Bob Jones but was instead slapped with an eight-count federal grand jury indictment accusing him of assaulting five federal agents and other charges. In the official reports the alleged counts of shoving two officers have now been changed to hitting three officers with his fists. He has also been accused of running one man down with his horse and kicking another officer and slapping another in the face with his reins.

The charges are extremely hard to believe knowing Kit and have heard his story but especially since they keep escalating with each passing day. The Justice Department attorney tried to include some unfounded allegations of harassment against USFS family members for good measure in convincing the judge to keep him locked up but thankfully, the judge didn't fall for that one since there is no evidence they occurred and it was not possible that Kit was involved from his cell. Talk about slimy, and they call it the Justice Department.

Last but not least was the fact that the attorney for the JD wanted Kit left in jail pending the last of the cattle being gathered, knowing full well that they were going to ship them last night. The Judge allowed Kit to be held until next week's appeal, yet the cattle were shipped last night. This just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. Of course the most ridiculous part is that Kit is facing about 50 years jail time for these alleged assaults and he has never been in a fight in his life that anyone knows of. Now the USFS are going around to the people who refused the contracts to gather the cattle and asking them to sign affidavits that say Kit threatened them. We know these allegations are false and they are being proven to be false yet the USFS is determined to make a case.

They will keep him in jail as long as humanly possible to make sure no one tries to buck their system again the JD attorney who kept the Canadian fellow in jail in Roswell for 2 years until a judge finally dropped all charges. This is his specialty.

Kit's appeal for release will be next week. He isn't being allowed to have his mail but I tried to write to him anyway. If anyone else wants to try, let me know I'll send the address.

Laura Schneberger
www.cowboysandcattlecountry.0catch.com