OK, so the Jerry has been arrested thread is gone. I contacted Derek and he has is reasons and they're for our own good.
So, rather than start another thread, I'll just continue here.
Jerry is now in Nevada. He's had a fairly rough road going out there. From being treated nicely to being treated like shit.
If anyone wants to write to him and let him know he's in our thoughts and that he's not alone or whatever, I'm sure he
could use all of the encouragement that he can get.
New address
Gerald DeLemus 15263049
2190 East Mesquite Avenue
Pahrump, NV 89060
This from Susan's FB
Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 8:00pm
Well I finally have the time to update you all. It's been a very long, busy day.
Jerry's lawyer told me that Jerry will be going to court on Monday. This will be the first round and we will be hoping for release. The judge more than likely will refuse to hear the case. Eventually there will be an appeal for release while awaiting trial.
Jerry actually called me around 10:00am, and he called me twice one call right after the other. Each call is 15 minutes. So he explained that he wasn't given the opportunity to call me yesterday until 11:00pm PST. The guards had to wake him up for his hour out. I don't know where out is but I get the impression that it's not very far from his cell, where he stays for 23 hours a day. He says there's a small rectangle of a window that's too high up for him to see out of but at least he can see when the sun is shining or when it's dark. I gave him the sunrise and sunset times so he can have a little idea about what time it is.
He has no contact with other people except when his meals are brought to him. When he first arrived at the Henderson Detention Center he was in a holding cell where there was a cement slab bench and nothing else. Jerry was so cold that he pulled his arms and his head inside the tee shirt he was wearing and hugged himself for warmth. He was in that condition for 10 hours before they came to move him. By that time he had been shivering for hours which is the body's defense again hypothermia. At that point they had him checked out and found that his blood pressure had gone crazy. That's when they administered blood pressure medication; he has never taken blood pressure medication in his whole life!
He's now in a cell with a bunk that has a fairly decent mattress but I don't know if he has a blanket. He told me that he had asked the guards several times if he could have a blanket and that if they even acknowledged him they would say "Yeah, ok" and then just walk away and go and joke with the other guards. He says he feels invisible. There is a small 2x3 steel table/desk, a small steel seat, and a rack of hooks on the wall. I do know that he has one towel. He uses toilet paper in his ears to dampen the noise and the lights are off from 12:00 am till about 4:00 am. At least there's a bit of lights out.
So the only human contact he has is with mostly gruff, cavalier guards at mealtimes. There is at least one guard who is demonstrating compassion. I pray that those guards soften towards Jerry and that they show him mercy. The other contact is getting to talk with each other. That's the best time of our day.
The pictures of us that I had given to Jerry were taken away from him after he left Brooklyn and they took his wedding band from him in Oklahoma. The pictures are probably gone for good but I am hoping that his wedding band will be sent home.
I have managed to get money on the phone line and to order stuff from the commissary so that Jerry has a toothbrush by this coming Thursday. That will be the high point of his week.
Jerry's lawyer is Brian Smith, who is one of the best lawyers in Las Vegas, NV. That is God right there. He has been so responsive and so concerned for Jerry and for me. Your prayers are being answered! Keep up the great work you prayer warriors. God bless you all and thank you from Jerry and me. We love you all.
Folks, we can't let up on this imo.
A lot of us talk about this and that. Many of you have served and actually done it.
Jerry is one of them also. He not only served his country, he still stood for what he believed in and went out
to help with what he felt was an injustice and an unconstitutional infringement.
Now whether you believe in what he was doing or not, he's still a soldier and patriot that's getting railroaded.
We need to do whatever we can to help and keep this in the spotlight.
If you can't help monetarily, at least drop the guy a letter and let him know he's not alone.
I'd say the same for the Bundy's and still encourage that also, but this is one of ours. A local. I'm sure
he'd love to hear from anyone but especially folks from New England or NH.