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Militia leader gets 6 year sentence
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Militia leader gets 6 year sentence

Thursday, July 03, 2003

BY JOHN BEAUGE
For The Patriot-News
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WILLIAMSPORT - A central Pennsylvania man who amassed
a collection of weapons -- including machine guns and
bombs -- as well as maps of airports was sentenced to
six years in prison yesterday.

Prosecutors have called Ronald William Hertzog, 40, of
the State College area, a terrorist, but he claims he
was just preparing for World War III.

"I love my country," he told U.S. Middle District
Senior Judge James F. McClure Jr. yesterday before
being sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by
three years of probation. The former bus driver and
Penn State University computer programmer said he
never intended to harm the country.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Frederick E. Martin described
Hertzog as a dangerous man with the capability of
being a terrorist or providing weapons to
organizations.

In arguing for a longer sentence, Martin pointed out
that Hertzog, the self-proclaimed commander of the
Pennsylvania Citizens Militia, was interested in
selling kits for converting semiautomatic weapons to
automatic.

Prosecutors described the militia as a small group
with a Web site that was taken off-line immediately
after Hertzog's arrest.

"I do not see Mr. Hertzog as a terrorist," his
attorney, Kyle W. Rude, told McClure. Rude said
Hertzog's views were misguided, but he argued Hertzog
was trying to combat terrorism in the United States.
He was upset with what he viewed as the "overreaching
power" of the United Nations, he said.

Hertzog, who has been jailed without bail since his
arrest a year ago, pleaded guilty in September to a
charge of possession of firearms. None of the guns
were registered to him.

One of the reasons given for the long sentence was a
letter Hertzog sent from prison to a person who posted
it on the Web site for the Libertarian Party of
Oklahoma. The letter said he would come out of prison
"bigger, badder and better" than when he went in.

McClure also referred to Hertzog's admission that he
had machine guns, explosive devices and
counter-surveillance equipment, and statements
attributed to the defendant that he could "take out"
government radio towers.

The judge cited Hertzog's distrust for the federal
government and agents' discovery of literature and
videos on how to convert weapons to fire
automatically, black powder, empty military shells and
grenades, at least 115 armor-piercing bullets, 12,000
rounds of ammunition, maps with airports and pipelines
identified and a device that would indicate the
presence of electronic equipment.

Federal agents began the investigation into the
militia in spring 2001 and Hertzog was arrested June
19, 2002. Officers seized his computer.

Agents allege Hertzog exchanged coded electronic
messages with others thought to be sympathetic with
his beliefs, gathered information about police
frequencies in the State College area and had two
compact discs that contained chemical formulas for
making explosives.

During a hearing after Hertzog's arrest, Rude claimed
his client feared World War III was near and he wanted
to protect his family.

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