Two Members of Notorious Kehoe Family Arrested on Gun Charges
Two members of a notoriously violent, racist family are once again in federal custody following a raid at a remote Arizona ranch where federal agents found a large cache of weapons and ammunition.
Kirby K. Kehoe, 65, and his son, Cheyne C. Kehoe, 37 — who once shot it out with police in Ohio and, with his still-imprisoned older brother, plotted to create an all-white “Aryan Peoples Republic” — are being held without bond in Flagstaff on federal charges of being felons in possession of firearms and ammunition. Additional counts could be filed when the case is presented to a federal grand jury for indictment.
The pair was arrested Monday after federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, acting on a tip, executed a search warrant at a 40-acre ranch near Ash Fork, Ariz., about 140 miles north of Phoenix, said ATF spokesman Tom Mangan.
Agents arrested Kirby Kehoe on the property and later arrested Cheyne Kehoe in Prescott, court documents disclose. The arrests were carried out with extraordinary caution and prior surveillance “due to the violent nature of the family’s past,” Mangan told the Arizona Republic.
In 1997, Cheyne and Chevie Keho were involved in two shootouts with police — caught on a police dash-cam videos — after a traffic stop in Wilmington, Ohio. The video was broadcast widely and repeatedly, leading to a nationwide manhunt for the Kehoe brothers, who were eventually arrested.
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