DENVER — A judge on Monday ordered a
Colorado hunting guide accused of assaulting a
police officer during the
U.S. Capitol riot to be placed on house arrest after prosecutors say he violated the conditions of his release by having a gun and shooting a mountain lion.
According to a
motion filed by federal prosecutors last week, Patrick Montgomery, 48, killed the
mountain lion during a March 31 hunt even though he was ordered not to have any "
illegal guns" while the charges against him related to the Jan. 6 riot are pending. After Montgomery reported the kill to state wildlife officials as required by state law, a mandatory background check found that he was not supposed to have firearms because of a 1996 robbery conviction, the motion said.
In addition, prosecutors say Montgomery illegally hunted a bobcat in January, allegedly using a slingshot to knock it out of a tree and then allowing his dogs to kill it in violation state law. He has been charged with two counts of unlawful taking of a bobcat by Colorado authorities.