I read elsewhere here on TBR that the original felony was from 1964 and it is not specified what it was.
New Mexico Border Militia Leader Allegedly Said Group Planned to Assassinate Obama, Clinton
https://www.thedailybeast.com/larry-mitchell-hopkins-border-militia-leader-allegedly-said-group-was-training-to-assassinate-obama-clinton04.22.19
Larry Mitchell Hopkins allegedly said his vigilante group was training to kill Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and Barack Obama, because of their ‘support of Antifa.’...
...During a search of his property, the FBI found 10 guns in Hopkins’ “office,†which he claimed were owned by Fay Sanders Murphy, his “common law wife.†Hopkins told authorities there were two more guns in his bedroom—a shotgun and a handgun—and another handgun in his kitchen. All told, the FBI seized nine guns from Hopkins’ home as evidence, including shotguns and long rifles.
Saturday’s arrest marks the third time the militia leader has been arrested on weapons charges. In 1996, he was convicted for possessing a loaded firearm in Michigan. In 2006, he was also convicted in Oregon of felony possession of a firearm and criminal impersonation of a peace officer....
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Alleged commander of militia group makes initial appearance in federal court
https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2019/04/22/larry-mitchell-hopkins-appears-federal-court-las-cruces/3541126002/...In Oregon 12 years ago, Hopkins was found guilty of the same crime for which he's now being accused.
But Hopkins fled without serving his sentence.
Klamath County, Oregon, court records show an arrest order for Hopkins was issued in January 2007 for after he failed to meet with his parole officer. Hopkins had been given probation the previous year after pleading guilty to two charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and impersonating a peace officer. Police said Hopkins, convicted in 1986 in Michigan of a felony, had shown two firearms and a badge that said “special agent†to a group of juveniles.
After Hopkins appeared for only his initial parole meeting but never returned, his parole officer recommended a 20-month prison sentence. An arrest warrant was issued but last year a judge dropped the case because the parole violation was “too old to effectively prosecute."...