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47 Ridgelan Activists Charged, Co-Founder Facing 12½-Year Sentence

7/9/2026

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Forty-seven activists were charged Friday with burglary for the March open rescue at Ridgelan Farms, bringing the total to 51.
Town constable Jerry Blizzard, Jim Burns’s son-in-law who intervened, remains uncharged despite a reckless-driving referral.
Co-founder Amy Van Aartsen of the Marty Project faces 12½ years in prison, maintaining the rescue was legal.
Sheriff Kalvin Barrett thanked Blizzard on his campaign page, calling the reply a simple courtesy.

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Forty-seven activists were charged Friday with burglary for the March open rescue at Ridgelan Farms, bringing the total to 51.
Town constable Jerry Blizzard, Jim Burns’s son-in-law who intervened, remains uncharged despite a reckless-driving referral.
Co-founder Amy Van Aartsen of the Marty Project faces 12½ years in prison, maintaining the rescue was legal.
Sheriff Kalvin Barrett thanked Blizzard on his campaign page, calling the reply a simple courtesy.