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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A federal magistrate judge is allowing two men indicted in a break-in at a South Jordan mink farm to be released before their May 11 trial.
William James Viehl, 22, of Layton, and Alex Jason Hall, 20, of Ogden, were ordered not to have contact with members of the Animal Liberation Front or the Straight Edge movement. Court records show they also will be monitored electronically.
In August, hundreds of mink were released and breeding records destroyed at the McMullin mink farm. Shortly afterward, the Animal Liberation Front posted a statement from a "local soldier out of Utah" taking credit for the incident.
Each man has pleaded not guilty to one felony count related to the McMullin mink farm and one misdemeanor count related to an attempted attack at a mink farm in Hyrum on Oct. 18
Information from: Deseret News
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