A police officer and a police dog allegedly were assaulted Thursday during a confrontation at the home of a purported “sovereign citizen” in the Columbus suburb of Westerville in central Ohio, 10TV.com is reporting.
Westerville is situated in Franklin and Delaware counties
The station reported that Gabriel Carnelian Pace, the purported “sovereign,” was wanted on traffic charges and allegedly not making child-support payments. He was arrested after the skirmish, as was his wife, April Dawn Pace. April Pace later was released.
“Rek,” a police canine, allegedly suffered an injury below the eye while Gabriel Pace was resisting arrest, the station reported. It was not immediately clear if the officer was injured.
A document that appears online at a website styled DivineProvince.org describes an individual known as “gabriel carnelian of the house of pace,” purportedly the “Living Beneficiary of The GABRIEL CARNELIAN PACE ESTATE.”
An apparent caption on the document is styled a “Complaint of Breach of Trust by Original Writ.” It purports to name as “Respondent” the state of Ohio at 70 N. Union Street, Delaware, Ohio. That’s the address of the Delaware Municipal Court. The document appears to be dated Jan. 4, 2013, and includes the purported signatures of “gabriel carnelian” and “April dawn.”
A second document at the same site is styled “Final Order” and describes “Gabriel Carnelian Pace” as “a commercial vessel, an official carriage registered under the universal post office and authorized to transport the official post and sacred cargo beyond the sea.” This document, also dated Jan. 4, purports to present the official seal of the “Postmaster General” of the “Divine Province.”