WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Joseph "Charles" Henrichsen, 49, and his son, Phoenix Henrichsen, 23, after a 15‑hour hostage crisis in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest that drew an extensive and coordinated response from local, state, and federal law enforcement, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.
The defendants, temporary residents of Siskiyou County, are charged with two counts each of kidnapping a federal employee. Charles Henrichsen faces additional charges including two counts of assaulting a federal employee with a deadly we...