A Missouri judge ruled this week that Mark and Patricia McCloskey have no right to get their guns back or have their fines forgiven because they were pardoned by the governor after pleading guilty to lesser charges last year.
The McCloskeys pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and second-degree harassment, both misdemeanors, related to a 2020 confrontation with protesters.
The couple waved weapons at Black Lives Matter protesters who had entered a private road in front of their home in June 2020.
Mark McCloskey filed a lawsuit last year alleging the couple were entitled to the Colt AR-15 rifle and a .380-caliber Bryco they were forced to turn over after their plea agreement and the roughly $2,750 they were ordered to pay. .
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Mark and Patricia McCloskey were pardoned last year after pleading guilty to lesser charges.
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The couple was pardoned by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, after they pleaded guilty.
Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty ruled Wednesday that the clemency had no connection to the plea agreement.
Armed homeowners Mark T. and Patricia N. McCloskey stand in front of their home as they confront protesters marching on the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson on June 28, 2020.
(Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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“The plaintiff and his wife must honor their part of the bargain,” he wrote.
The McCloskeys were originally charged with felony weapons offenses.
They have said they felt threatened by the protesters.
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“There was no evidence that any of them had a weapon and no one I interviewed realized they had ventured into a private enclave,” Richard Callahan, the special prosecutor investigating the case, said of the protesters in a statement from press.
