BY WILLIAM A. WEATHERS
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Chevie Kehoe Cheyne Kehoe

WILMINGTON, Ohio - Chevie Kehoe, one of the two brothers charged in the videotaped shootout with police officers here five months ago, is scheduled to arraigned this afternoon at the Clinton County Courthouse.

"He's supposed to be in here at 2 p.m.," Clinton County Prosecutor William E. Peelle said Wednesday.

Mr. Kehoe, who was being held in Salt Lake County Jail on $1 million bond, had dropped his fight against extradition from Utah, according to his attorney, Scott C. Williams.

Mr. Peelle declined to discuss Mr. Kehoe's transportation, citing security reasons.

A 16-count indictment from Clinton County charges Mr. Kehoe, 24, and his brother, Cheyne Kehoe, 21, with shooting at state troopers, a county sheriff's deputy and two Wilmington police officers in two gun battles after a Feb. 15 traffic stop.

The first shootout, captured by a camera in an Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser, began after the Kehoe brothers were stopped on Ohio 73 for having expired auto tags on a Chevrolet Suburban. Chevie Kehoe drove away and is accused of firing on police five minutes later with an assault rifle, wounding a passer-by.

The shootout was about 45 miles northeast of Cincinnati.

The videotaped shootout was aired numerous times on local and national news programs during the three months the Kehoe brothers eluded capture.

Meanwhile, Cheyne Kehoe, being held on $1 million bond in Spokane, Wash., is fighting extradition to Ohio. A hearing will probably be held in August.

When Cheyne Kehoe surrendered to authorities June 16 in his hometown of Colville, Wash., he said he had been living in southern Utah.

After Cheyne gave authorities information on his brother's whereabouts, Chevie Kehoe was arrested the following day outside a Cedar City, Utah, feed store.

The Kehoe brothers have been reported to share interests in firearms, survivalist activities and anti-government and militia philosophies.

Chevie Kehoe was served last week with a warrant requesting his extradition to Ohio that was signed by the governors of Ohio and Utah.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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KEHOES' HIDEOUT WELL-ARMED June 19, 1997
SECOND BROTHER CAPTURED June 18, 1997
SHOOTOUT SUSPECT SURRENDERS June 17, 1997
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MATERIAL FROM BOMB FOUND IN CAMPER March 5, 1997
FUGITIVES CAMPER FOUND IN WYOMING March 2, 1997
PAIR LINKED TO GUN TRADE March 1, 1997
GUNMEN CARRIED POLICE GEAR IN VAN Feb. 28, 1997
CHEVIE KEHOE INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES Feb. 26, 1997
CALLS GIVE TIPS ON FUGITIVES Feb. 25, 1997
WILMINGTON SHOOTOUT NOW FBI CONCERN Feb. 22, 1997
BROTHERS INDICTED, SOUGHT IN SHOOTOUTS Feb. 21, 1997
TWO GUNMEN TRACKED TO CAMPGROUND Feb. 20, 1997
INVESTIGATORS, SUPREMACISTS APPEAL TO PUBLIC Feb. 19, 1997
FBI JOINS HUNT FOR GUNMEN Feb. 18, 1997
SHOOTOUT MAY BE LINKED TO KILLINGS Feb. 17, 1997