Tag: sovereign citizens
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Georgia Police Chief Says Foreboding Maps Part Of Nightmarish Encounter With ‘Sovereign Citizen’; See The Video On WSB-TV Channel 2
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.…
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Purported Texas ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Who Issued ‘Deadly Force’ Threat To Court And Later Had Shootout With Police Officer Sentenced To 35 Years In State Prison, Prosecutors Say
“It’s okay to have beliefs, but you don’t commit crimes in the name of those beliefs. You don’t get to pull a gun on a police officer over a traffic ticket.” — Jim Hudson, Tarrant County prosecutor,” Feb. 1, 2012 In December 2010, purported “sovereign citizen” James Michael Tesi received two traffic tickets in the…
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DIALING UP THE BIZARRE: Prisoner Who Reportedly Once Stole Tractor-Trailer Full Of ‘Canned Beans’ And Later Followed ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Bleatings Convicted Of Running Tax Scam From Jail
This one is almost indescribably bizarre . . . Ronald Williams, 48, was an inmate in various prisons in New York state between 2006 and 2010, federal prosecutors said. His mother told the Syracuse Post-Standard that her son was jailed in 2006 on charges of stealing a tractor-trailer full of “canned beans” off a street…
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REPORTS: FBI Arrests Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ And Fugitive Shawn Rice After Arizona Standoff
Shawn Rice, a purported “sovereign citizen” the FBI described in March 2011 as a “fugitive,” has been arrested in Seligman, Ariz. The Arizona Republic is reporting that the arrest occurred at 5:30 p.m. local time yesterday after a standoff that ended peacefully after negotiations with Rice, who had barricaded himself inside a house. Rice, whom…
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Registered Sex Offender And Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Jailed In Florida After Filing Lien Against Judge In Foreclosure Case
Patricio E. Sanchez, a reputed “sovereign citizen” who is listed in state and national databases as a registered sex offender in a case involving a child under the age of 16, has been jailed in Florida for filing a bogus lien against a judge and litigation opponents in a foreclosure case. The story first was…
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MORE ‘SOVEREIGN’ FAILINGS: Man Who Declared Himself ‘Most Christian Prince’ And ‘Governor’ Of Alabama Before Fleeing To Florida Convicted Of Tax Fraud; Monty Ervin’s ‘Princess’ Wife Also Convicted
Saying that laws did not apply to him, self-styled “sovereign citizen” Monty Ervin declared himself a “Most Christian Prince” and “governor” of Alabama in its “original jurisdiction” while concealing his tax crimes in 2006 — crimes in which his wife Patricia also was implicated. Patricia Ervin declared herself a “Most Christian Princess” who’d been “certified”…
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BULLETIN: Already Sentenced To 30 Years In California Ponzi Caper, Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Thanh-Viet ‘Jeremy’ Cao Gets More Time In Nevada False-Liens Case
BULLETIN: Thanh-Viet “Jeremy” Cao, the California Ponzi schemer and purported “sovereign citizen” who was sentenced in May to 30 years in federal prison for the Ponzi caper, now has been sentenced to an additional 41 months for a Nevada crime in which he filed false liens for hundreds of millions of dollars against government officials.…