Anti-nuke activist arrested
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 13 years, 3 months AGO
TWIN FALLS (AP) - A Twin Falls man who rails against nuclear power and once campaigned to be Idaho's governor has been arrested and charged with a felony for trafficking marijuana.
The Twin Falls County Sheriff Department says 58-year-old Peter Rickards was arrested at his home last Friday after police seized more than four pounds of marijuana.
Rickards was arraigned Tuesday in 5th District Court then later posted a $10,000 bond.
Rickards is a former podiatrist and in 1998 ran as an Independent in the state's gubernatorial race. He collected 12 percent of the vote in a race won by Republican Dirk Kempthorne.
He has also been a vocal opponent of nuclear energy and storing nuclear waste in Idaho, especially at the Idaho National Laboratory site near Idaho Falls.