2009-04-11 illegal gardening
Timeline:
Saturday, April 11th, 2009: In the week prior the Keene City Council had voted to allocate $5,000 from the city budget to research the feasibility of a local food cooperative. In protest of the town using tax payer’s money for a private business Jesse decided to utilize the public park that makes up the town square in Keene, New Hampshire for a garden. The morning of April 11th, 2009 Jesse showed up to the square’s garden with top soil, gardening equipment, seeds and a .22 rifle (to shoot varmint) and was promptly arrested for “excavating without a permit.”
Sunday, October 11th, 2009: Police catch up with Jesse. He’s brought to the Keene, NH Police Department and processed at around 3PM. At about 4PM he calls Porc411 to inform people that he’s going to be held at the Westmoreland, NH Cheshire County Department of Corrections until the following Tuesday morning (Monday being a holiday) at which time he will have an arraignment. His bail was set at $1000 cash.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009: Released on personal recognizance bail for the bail jumping charge.
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