Oregon lawmaker's aide gets jail time for gun charge
Angela Roman, a legislative aide to Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge last week and served four days in jail for the offense, according to her lawyer.
She also paid a $100 fine, was required to let authorities keep the gun involved in the incident and is serving 18 months probation, records show.
Roman, 37, made an illegal gun transfer when she lent her Ruger pistol to an acquaintance, Matthew Heagy, according to court records. As a convicted felon, Heagy, 31, cannot possess guns.
Roman's attorney, Mark Brownlee, said Heagy and Roman are both members of Oregon Three Percenters, a wing of the anti-government militia movement that advocates for limited government powers. The two attended a protest at the Oregon State Capitol where pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators clashed.
Heagy was acting as security for the Three Percenters protesters, Brownlee said. He was arrested at the demonstration after pepper spraying a state trooper and was found to have Roman's gun, police said. Heagy has since pleaded guilty to a weapons possession charge and has begun a two-year prison sentence.
Brownlee said Heagy misrepresented himself to Roman. She "acted in good faith," Brownlee said, and never would have lent Heagy her gun if she knew he wasn't allowed to have one.
Too bad the guy wasn't a preacher......
Angela Roman, a legislative aide to Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge last week and served four days in jail for the offense, according to her lawyer.
She also paid a $100 fine, was required to let authorities keep the gun involved in the incident and is serving 18 months probation, records show.
Roman, 37, made an illegal gun transfer when she lent her Ruger pistol to an acquaintance, Matthew Heagy, according to court records. As a convicted felon, Heagy, 31, cannot possess guns.
Roman's attorney, Mark Brownlee, said Heagy and Roman are both members of Oregon Three Percenters, a wing of the anti-government militia movement that advocates for limited government powers. The two attended a protest at the Oregon State Capitol where pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators clashed.
Heagy was acting as security for the Three Percenters protesters, Brownlee said. He was arrested at the demonstration after pepper spraying a state trooper and was found to have Roman's gun, police said. Heagy has since pleaded guilty to a weapons possession charge and has begun a two-year prison sentence.
Brownlee said Heagy misrepresented himself to Roman. She "acted in good faith," Brownlee said, and never would have lent Heagy her gun if she knew he wasn't allowed to have one.
Too bad the guy wasn't a preacher......