Extremist Ammon Bundy Arrested On Contempt Charge

Boise’s NBC affiliate reports:

Ammon Bundy was arrested Friday night by the Gem County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant for contempt charges during a legal battle with St. Luke’s Health System. According to a video obtained by KTVB, Bundy was arrested at an Emmett High School football fundraiser.

Records at the Gem County Jail show that he was arrested for a contempt charge out of Ada County. He will have an option of bonding out at a $10,000 bond. If he does not bond out, he will be held in the jail over the weekend.

The legal battle between Bundy and the hospital began when Bundy, Diego Rodriguez, and their organizations organized days of protests at the hospital. A jury ordered that he and Rodriguez must pay St. Luke’s and other plaintiffs damages exceeding $52 million stemming from ongoing protests and harassment.

Boise’s CBS affiliate reports:



In a new lawsuit, St. Luke’s Health System has accused Ammon Bundy of fraudulently transferring his assets to other people in order to avoid paying damages owed to the hospital following the anti-government activist’s jury trial.

After finding out he may have to pay damages to the hospital, he allegedly transferred the title of his Emmett property for $250,000 to his friend, former campaign manager and owner of White Barn Enterprises LLC, Aaron Welling.

The lawsuit alleges Bundy is now still living at the home, paying rent on the property for less than market value and has transferred or conveyed other assets — with the exception of $50,000 — so that St. Luke’s cannot collect the millions Bundy was ordered to pay.