Goon government!-----South Dakota ranching couple indicted by Forest Service for fence in place since 1950

U.S. Forest Service (USFS) special agent Travis Lunders arrived at their ranch without warning, armed and in full tactical gear, to serve the couple separate grand jury indictments. - Keely Covello 

CAPUTA, SD – A South Dakota ranching couple is facing 10 years in prison over a fence dispute.

• Charles and Heather Maude, both 39, of Maude Hog & Cattle have each been charged separately with theft of government property for allegedly placing a fence on federal grassland...
• The couple is barred from discussing the case with each other and must each retain their own legal counsel. Each separately faces up to 10 years in prison or a $250,000 fine...

The Maude family has had an ongoing grazing agreement with the Forest Service for 60 years. The fence was built in 1950, and its placement has been consistently acknowledged at each renewal...
“The Maude family has owned the US Forest Service allotment in question since the Forest Service came into existence and has managed that same land since 1913...