LAS VEGAS (AP) — Three anti-drone protesters who received summonses in March at a U.S. Air Force base in Nevada pleaded no contest before a Las Vegas judge hearing their misdemeanor trespass and blocking traffic cases.
Each made a speech and was sentenced Tuesday by Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa to time already served.
Five more had a lawyer represent them in a plea deal that has them agreeing to pay a $50 fine, avoid trouble for six months and stay off Creech Air Force Base property.
Twelve others pleaded not guilty and asked to be tried together later this year.
The peaceful exercise in civil disobedience included a protest in front of the downtown courthouse highlighting what the protesters call immoral and illegal actions by the U.S. government halfway around the world.