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Seattle man arrested during Y-12 protest crossed blue trespass line, police say

Posted at 1:13 pm January 31, 2014
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Christopher Ryan Spicer Arrest at Y-12

Christopher Ryan Spicer of Seattle was arrested and charged with criminal trespass at the main entrance to the Y-12 National Security Complex on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Ralph Hutchison)

The Seattle man who was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing at the Y-12 National Security Complex on Sunday had repeatedly failed to comply with police commands, and he crossed a blue trespass line at the main entrance to the nuclear weapons plant, authorities said.

Christopher Ryan Spicer, 31, was participating in a weekly protest at Y-12 at about 6 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Bear Creek and Scarboro roads. This protest was significant because it occurred less than two days before the scheduled sentencing of the three protesters who broke into Y-12 in July 2012 and spray-painted slogans and splashed blood on a uranium storage building.

Dozens of people came to Knoxville from across the country for the Tuesday sentencing of the three: Greg Boertje-Obed, Megan Rice, and Michael Walli. However, it was postponed to Feb. 18 because of snow.

Christopher Ryan Spicer

Christopher Ryan Spicer

Oak Ridge Police Department Officer James Elkins said Spicer was among the protesters on Sunday evening before he crossed a street and walked toward the Y-12 guard shack. Spicer repeatedly failed to comply with orders given by him and ORPD Sgt. Roy Heinz, Elkins said in a warrant filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court. The officers told Spicer to stop as he approached the blue trespass line at the federal site, Elkins said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Anderson County General Sessions Court, blue line, Chris Seals, Christopher Ryan Spicer, criminal trespassing, Greg Boertje-Obed, James Elkins, Jeffrey E. Theodore, Megan Rice, Michael Walli, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, protesters, Ralph Hutchison, Ramsey Clark, Roy Heinz, trespass, trespass line, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex

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