Tag: sovereign citizens
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Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Had Armor-Piercing Bullets, Pointed Handgun And Threatened To Kill Victim, Fled Scene, Got Arrested And Released — And Then Was Arrested Again After Separate Victim Menaced With Rifle, Sheriff’s Office Says
Purported Tampa-region “sovereign citizen” Eric Holtgard had been out of jail less than 10 hours before he was arrested a second time for menacing and brandishing weapons, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. In the first incident on Nov. 20 just after 3 p.m., Holtgard, 27, appeared at a car dealership, started screaming at employees…
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‘Sovereign Citizen,’ 66, Used ‘Bogus Checks’ To Pay For 2 Dodge Trucks, Chiropractic Services And Logging Equipment
In the latest bizarre case involving a purported “sovereign citizen,” Charlie McCants Jr., 66, of Mayesville, S.C., has been convicted on seven counts of attempting to pass bogus government checks to pay for items such as Dodge trucks, chiropractic services and logging equipment, federal prosecutors said. “Evidence presented at the trial showed McCants used bogus…
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ALBANY (N.Y.) TIMES UNION: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Who Once Identified Himself As A ‘1922 Silver Dollar Coin’ Found Guilty After Being Tossed From Courtroom For Disruptive Behavior
It’s another bizarre one from the make-believe world of “sovereign citizens.” From the Albany Times Union, in a story dated today: “Glenn Unger, 62, could only watch the verdict via video from a cell in the Rensselaer County jail. Unger’s antics during the four-day trial before U.S. District Court Senior Judge Thomas McAvoy convinced the…
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HUFFINGTON POST, VIA THE CANADIAN PRESS: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ (Freeman On The Land) Declares Alberta Woman’s Home His ‘Embassy’ And Files Lien For $17,000
The Huffington Post, via The Canadian Press, is reporting that a purported freeman on the land has filed a lien against the property of an Alberta pensioner and declared her home his “embassy.” Rebekah Caverhill, the property owner, has been reduced to tears in her dealings with Andreas Pirelli, according to the report. Meanwhile, government…
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WREG (CBS/Memphis): City Of Memphis Rescinds ‘Moorish American Week’ Proclamation That Suggested ‘Sovereign Theocratic Government’ Independent Of Existing Governments In The Americas Had Been Formed
UPDATED 10:55 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The city of Memphis, Tenn., has joined the city of Fayetteville, N.C., in rescinding a 2012 “Moorish American Week” proclamation that apparently was rubber-stamped before the context of the proclamation was understood. Among other things, the proclamations in both cities claimed a “sovereign theocratic government” had been formed inside the…
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GLOBAL POST: Canadian Cops, Lawyers, Judges Named In Multimillion-Dollar ‘Liens’ Or ‘Ecclesiastical Notices’
On Sept. 28, 2012, the PP Blog reported on bizarre court filings linked to “sovereign citizens,” “Freemen-on-the-Land” and others in Canada. The story may provide some additional context for a story published yesterday by the Global Post with a Vancouver dateline. From the Global Post: “Police officers, Crown lawyers and judges have been sued or…