Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail -- for Collecting Rainwater on His Property

By Kendra Alleyne

A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater.

Gary Harrington of Eagle Point, Ore., says he plans to appeal his conviction in Jackson County (Ore.) Circuit Court on nine misdemeanor charges under a 1925 law for having what state water managers called “three illegal reservoirs” on his property – and for filling the reservoirs with rainwater and snow runoff.

“The government is bullying,” Harrington told CNSNews.com in an interview Thursday.

“They’ve just gotten to be big bullies and if you just lay over and die and give up, that just makes them bigger bullies. So, we as Americans, we need to stand on our constitutional rights, on our rights as citizens and hang tough. This is a good country, we’ll prevail,” he said.

The court has given Harrington two weeks to report to the Jackson County Jail to begin serving his sentence.

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tmr

Posted: Jul 29 2012, 1:13 PM

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Yeah and people wonder why we are armed to the teeth. Christ on a stick.

L.S.

Posted: Jul 29 2012, 2:10 PM

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this makes no sense. he wants americans to stand up for their (con)stitutional rights, when the con was written by the very government, he claims is "bullying" him.

Anonymous

Posted: Jul 30 2012, 12:03 AM

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L.S.,

actually, no, those are very different types of people.

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