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  • UPDATE: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Convicted In Bizarre ‘Liens’ Caper Targeting Judges, Law Enforcement

    From 2012.
    From 2012.

    We first wrote about Cherron Marie Phillips in November 2012, after she was arrested on charges that she had filed bogus liens against a chief U.S. District Judge, a U.S. District Judge, two U.S. Magistrate Judges, a former U.S. Attorney, an assistant U.S. Attorney, a federal court clerk, four federal Task Force officers and a federal agent.

    All in all, Phillips allegedly sought the staggering sum of $1.2 trillion.

    Things only got crazier from there.

    By July 2013, a federal judge admonished Phillips by telling her that “I hesitate to rank your statements in order of just how bizarre they are.”

    Now, the Chicago Tribune is reporting that Phillips has been convicted of most of the charges against her. From the paper (italics added):

    Following the verdict, U.S. District Judge Michael Reagan ordered Phillips taken into custody, calling her “a paper terrorist” who “will continue on her misguided bent” if he allowed her to remain free until her sentencing in October.

    Also see the thread on Phillips at Quatloos.com.

    Among other things, Quatloos covers scams involving “sovereign citizens.”

     

  • BULLETIN: 2 Inmates, Including Purported ‘Sovereign,’ Escape From Chicago Jail; 1 Of The Escapees Got Mention On PP Blog Just Days Ago

    Jose Banks: source FBI.
    Jose Banks: source FBI.

    BULLETIN: Two inmates escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago earlier today, the FBI said.

    One of the escapees — Jose Banks — is a purported “sovereign citizen” who got a mention on the PP Blog Dec. 15.

    Banks, a convicted bank robber,  is considered “armed and dangerous,” the FBI said.

    Also considered armed and dangerous is Kenneth Conley, who apparently escaped with Banks this morning. Conley, too, is a bank robber, the FBI said. He is described as “male/white, age 38, 6’0” tall, 185 pounds.”

    Banks is described as “male/black, age 37, 5’8” tall, 160 pounds,” the FBI said.

    The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Banks was convicted just last week and told a federal judge, “I’ll be seeking retribution as well as damages.”

    From a Tribune Breaking News report (italics added):

    Two convicted bank robbers escaped from the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in the Loop this morning by tying bedsheets together and shimmying down at least 15 stories to the ground below, officials say.

    Kenneth Conley: source: FBI.
    Kenneth Conley: source: FBI.

    A “widespread manhunt” is under way, the FBI said.

    Banks and Conley are “believed to be traveling together” and “were reportedly last seen earlier this morning in the Tinley Park area, the FBI said.

    They are “both convicted bank robbers” and “should be considered armed and dangerous,” the FBI said.

    “If you see them, contact local law enforcement or the Chicago Field Office of the FBI at 312-421-6700,” the FBI said.

    Link to FBI statement.