UPDATE: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Convicted In Bizarre ‘Liens’ Caper Targeting Judges, Law Enforcement
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 […]
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Judge To Purported ‘Sovereign’: ‘I Hesitate To Rank Your Statements In Order Of Just How Bizarre They Are’
Back in February, U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton of the Western District of Washington told AdSurfDaily story figure and purported “sovereign citizen” Kenneth Wayne Leaming that “all the fancy legal-sounding things” Leaming had “read on the internet are make-believe.” Another way to put that is, “Garbage in, garbage out” — or, in shorthand, GIGO. […]
RALEIGH NEWS OBSERVER: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Jailed In North Carolina, Amid Allegations He Filed Bogus Lien Against Wake County Court Clerk
It has happened again — this time in Raleigh, N.C., officials said. Sullivan Colin, 36, has been arrested on a charge of filing a false lien for $3 million against a court clerk who oversaw a foreclosure case, the Raleigh News Observer is reporting. From the News Observer (italics added): Court officials say the lien […]
Purported Illinois ‘Sovereign’ Arrested On Charges She Filed False Liens Totaling $1.2 TRILLION; Judges, Famed Prosecutor, Assistants, Federal Agents Allegedly Targeted
During his days at the Justice Department, Patrick J. Fitzgerald perhaps was America’s most famous prosecutor. When he wasn’t prosecuting terrorism cases in New York (United States v. Usama bin Laden, et al.), he was prosecuting Mafia figures (United States v. John Gambino). Fitzgerald, now 51 and in private practice, has drawn praise and criticism […]