Brandon Dowd

Brandon Dowd was arrested Feb. 8 under a warrant from Kansas. He's seen here in a common area of a bunkhouse at the Malheur Wildlife Reuge, on Jan. 14. Thomas Boyd/Staff

(Thomas Boyd)

A Malheur National Wildlife Refuge protester was arrested Monday on a warrant from Kansas.

He's not among the last four holdouts at the refuge.

Brandon Dowd was arrested Feb. 8 under a warrant from Kansas.

Brandon Dowd, 31, was being held in the Harney County Jail under a Riley County Police Department warrant in a theft case.

Dowd wasn't arrested for anything he might have done while on the refuge, said a spokesman for federal and local law enforcement in Harney County.

Dowd was seen about three weeks ago carrying a rifle and guarding the main entrance to the refuge. He also spent time inside the occupied refuge headquarters.

Dowd is accused of stealing a firearm worth about $600 from a 65-year-old man last May, a spokesman for the police department said.

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