Looks like our backwoods friends to the north have a fan...not sure what to think of this even though they are scum

The Wichita Eagle


Prosecutors today charged a decorated, double-amputee veteran with stalking and three counts of criminal use of a firearm in an incident involving members of a controversial Topeka church. Ryan J. Newell, 26, an Army veteran living in Marion, made his first appearance in Sedgwick County District Court through a video connection with the Sedgwick County Jail. He also was charged with false impersonation. His bond remains at $500,000.

Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle | Buy this photo
This home was build for Ryan Newell in Marion recently. Newell, who lost both legs in combat while in Afghanistan, is being held in the Sedgwick County Jail on 500,000 bond. (Dec. 1, 2010)
Bond set for armed vet at City Hall
Veteran with guns arrested on suspicion of stalking Westboro Baptist Church members
View a video on YouTube of Ryan Newell on Home For Our Troops
Read the complaint against Ryan Newell
Veteran charged with stalking Phelps family
Vet faces 5 charges in Westboro incident
VETERAN CHARGED WITH STALKING PHELPS

Click here to see the video in full screen or to e-mail to a friend.
NEWELL FACES ADDITIONAL FELONY CHARGE

Click here to see the video in full screen or to e-mail to a friend.
In a Wichita case that has captured national attention, a double-amputee war veteran already accused of misdemeanors against a controversial Topeka church now faces a felony charge.

The latest charge — conspiracy to commit aggravated battery — was filed by Sedgwick County prosecutors Friday afternoon. The charge accuses Army veteran Ryan Newell of engaging in a conspiracy in which firearms were obtained and put in his vehicle and taken to a place where church members were located.

Mid-morning Tuesday, detectives arrested Newell. He was backed into a parking spot outside Wichita City Hall with guns and ammunition in his SUV while five Westboro church members met inside with Wichita police officials to discuss protest-safety concerns, sources have said.

The felony charge alleges that there was a conspiracy in which Newell entered into an agreement with another person.

Newell's bond remains at $500,000. His next court appearance is set for Dec. 16.

Judge Ben Burgess said at a hearing Friday that if Newell were to post the bond, there would be a hearing to consider additional conditions for his release. One condition already set is that he have no contact with Westboro members.

The Eagle on Friday received calls from New Hampshire to Nevada from people wanting to give money to Newell's legal defense or bond.

Kim Parker, the chief deputy district attorney in Sedgwick County, noted that the case has received wide attention and "that the public's sympathies may weigh heavy."