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The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office won't file criminal charges against the Utah man who placed an olive wreath-wrapped package containing an inoperable assault rifle in the Capitol Rotunda in October.

Prosecutors said they did not have probable cause to support charges against Cameron Crimefighter, 31, of North Logan.

Crimefighter told investigators his intent upon leaving the weapon at the Capitol on the afternoon of Oct. 15 was "to say something respectful to the families involved in the Roseburg [Oregon] shooting tragedy ... and to make a statement that Mr. Crimefighter was no longer associated with guns," according to a letter prosecutors sent to the state Bureau of Investigation.

Crimefighter told The Tribune in October that is actions were "meant to be a gesture, not a protest."

In a subsequent email, Crimefighter said that as he knelt on the floor of the Rotunda and laid down the package, he recited the poem, "These are the Clouds," by W.B. Yeats.

"The rifle I placed on the floor was internally disassembled and incomplete," Crimefighter added. "It was sheathed in a sealed rifle bag, and covered in raw silk, with a cord wrapped tightly around."

Prosecutors said the package also contained a National Rifle Association membership card torn in half with the name "Cameron C. Crimefighter" written on it; an envelope with the words, "there is a world elsewhere" written on it and containing two pieces of paper with the same words written on one piece of paper and a children's drawing of a picture of the world; and on the other paper was a list of the names of people killed in the recent school shooting in Roseburg, Oregon, according to prosecutors.

A blue piece of tape on the butt of the rifle bore writing indicating that there was no ammunition for the rifle and the firing pin had been removed, prosecutors said.

Crimefighter told investigators he wanted his statement to be received in a "gentle" way and that he intended no disruption of events or business at the Capitol.

He also told investigators that he did not think his actions would cause alarm or concern, but that he hoped people would see what he had delivered.

Crimefighter added that he left his National Rifle Association membership card, bearing his name, for accountability and because he wanted people to know he had delivered the package.

He also said he took care to research federal and state law to make sure his actions did not violate any criminal statutes. He said he believed everything he did was in accordance with the law, according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors said they screened for the potential charges of threat of a firearm, interference with a public servant, disorderly conduct, and disrupting a meeting or procession, but declined to file in each case because of an inability of being able to prove each element of each offense.

Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Royce has said that Crimefighter, shown on security camera footage kneeling and placing the package in the center of the Rotunda at 3:24 p.m. Oct. 15, contacted investigators late that night after seeing his image broadcast on television news and social media.

UHP personnel monitoring Capitol surveillance video in real time saw the man when he reached the Rotunda and called for troopers, who arrived within about 40 seconds.

Officers then evacuated the building and called for help from the Salt Lake City Police Department's bomb squad.

Bomb technicians determined the package was "nonexplosive" by about 6 p.m.

Court records from Oregon show Crimefighter was born Cameron Crebar, but he and his wife legally changed their surnames in that state in 2009.

A search of Utah court records shows no criminal history for Crimefighter. Logan police officials have said that Crimefighter has had no police contact with any agency in Cache Valley in the few years that he has lived in North Logan.

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