Chadwick Simmons: Source: Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.
Chadwick Simmons was flush with weed and told police he was a “Moorish Aboriginal Sovereign Citizen” who’d trademarked his name, WSBTV.com is reporting.
Some purported Moorish Americans and “sovereign citizens” have constructed paperwork confections that purport police, court officials or media outlets owe them tremendous sums of money when using their names or citing court documents bearing their names because the names are “trademarked.”
Simmons has been released on $35,200 bond, according to his booking sheet.
UPDATED 3:37 P.M. AND 3:49 P.M. EDT (OCT. 25, USA)
3:37 P.M. UPDATE: The Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting that Eliyshuwa Yisrael and two other purported “sovereign citizens” were acquitted today. 3:49 P.M. UPDATE: WSBTV.com also is reporting today’s acquittal.
Our earlier story is below . . .
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In some areas of the United States, including Greater Atlanta, purported “sovereign citizens” allegedly have engaged in deed swindles and have become squatters in properties they don’t own.
Action News 2 (WSBTV.com) is reporting that purported “sovereign citizen” Eliyshuwa Yisrael claims he created no victims when he allegedly took possession of a $13 million shopping mall.
Separately, 11Alive.com is reporting that a Craigslist ad led to a foreclosed Georgia home being “ransacked, ravaged, raked over.”
A family that placed the ad wanted to give away items outside, the station reported. But the wording of the ad apparently triggered confusion, and people broke into the home before the giveaway started and removed clothes, shoes and family keepsakes.
Chief Timothy Shaw. Source: Temple Police Department website.
The police chief in the small town of Temple, Ga., told WSB-TV that his department’s encounter with a purported “sovereign citizen” issued a traffic ticket in November has turned into a nightmare.
Chief Timothy Shaw did not identify the recipient of the ticket, but told the station that a judge has issued a protective order.
From WSB-TV Channel 2, quoting the chief:
“I received Mapquest driving directions that he had pulled up, from his personal residence to my personal residence. Also his personal residence to my mother and father’s personal residence in Florida.”
Other worrisome events that sprouted from the traffic encounter ensued, the chief told the station.
Read a Feb. 6 USA Today story that reports the “FBI is being inundated with calls from local government officials asking for assistance in dealing with anti-government extremists.”
