ONE NAILED, THREE BEING SOUGHT

by Bob Walsh

Four men have been charged by the feds in the attempt to tear down the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette square.

Lee Michael Cantrell, 47, of Virginia is currently a guest of the government.  Connor Matthew Judd, 20, of DC, Ryan Lane, 37, of Maryland and Graham Lloyd, 37, of Maine have been charged and are actively being searched for on a criminal complaint alleging destruction of federal property.  A number of John Does are also listed on the complaint which was unsealed on Saturday.

All four men personally committed damage and are alleged to have been actively engaged in the attempt to topple the statue the 7th President of the United States.  People do dumb stuff even when they know they are being watched and recorded if they think they can get away with it.  Depending on where they are tried they might have trouble getting away with this one.  Jackson was a former soldier and the first President who was not one of the founders.  The penalty for damage to a statue honoring a former member of the military is, if I remember correctly, 10 years as a guest of the people.

It seems like the feds are serious about this.  I hope they are.