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January 6, Oklahoma: Three common-law court advocates plead guilty in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to a federal conspiracy charge.
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issued "citizens arrest warrants" against several federal officials. The trial of another defendant, Dan Meador, begins on
January 8.
January 10, Oklahoma: Dan Meador is convicted of obstructing justice and illegally communicating with a member of a
federal grand jury (see above).
January 13, Virginia: Two Mechanicsville, VA, residents are sentenced to eighteen months in prison on tax evasion charges.
Jerry Martin and his wife Sadie Martin, Christian Identity adherents, were "sovereign citizens" who denied the legal
existence of the United States.
January 16, Oregon: Common law court activist Charles Stewart, leader of a Portland, Oregon group, tries "in absentia"
seven IRS agents at his Kangaroo court. Two weeks later, the "court" rules that four of the agents should pay fines of
$100,000 each for seizing a Portland home. However, it was up to the man whose home was seized to collect the money.
January 22, Georgia, North Carolina: District Attorney Albert Taylor, Jr., prosecutor for the Enotah Circuit in Georgia, requests
and receives a "writ of non molestando" to stop a "sovereign citizen," Melvin Julius Robinson, from harassing him.
Robinson's actions included filing a $100 million frivolous lawsuit against him and demanding that Taylor appear before the
"Our One Supreme Court" of Franklin, North Carolina. In response, Taylor dusted off an ancient writ that probably had never
been used in the state to restrain Robinson from using the legal process to "molest, vilify, obstruct, or hinder" the lawful
discharge of official duties.
January 24, Missouri: Five common law court advocates in Lincoln County, Missouri, are sentenced to two years in prison
and a $5,000 fine, and a sixth, De
charged with tampering with a judicial official-specifically, filing a $10.8 million bogus lien against a judge to force him to
drop a speeding case involving the daughter of one of the defendants. Nine other defendants, also convicted, have yet to be
sentenced.
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militia sympathizer, threatened to blow up the headquarters of the state Department of Natural Resources, where he formerly
worked.
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sentenced to nine months for disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer and fleeing arrest. The charges stemmed from a
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related to the armed robberies committed by the "Midwestern Bank Bandits," who dubbed themselves the "Aryan
Republican Army." Also arrested is Michael Brescia. Brescia and Thomas bring the total number arrested for these robberies
to six.
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back away from the eviction and say they will pursue the matter in court some more.
FEBRUARY
February 6, California: Two California men are found guilty of fraud in San Jose for passing bogus checks created by the
Montana Freemen. The jury finds Robert Young guilty of conspiracy, three counts of bank fraud, two counts of mail fraud,
and one count of filing a false claim with the IRS. Frank Pepper is convicted on two counts of mail fraud. Two other
defendants, Leonard Ferrier and Dawn Onalfo, had plead guilty before the trial.
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and criminal trespass, after they resisted attempts by authorities in Co
residence. Frankle and Barney are members of a group of Co
which advocates such resistance.
February 10, Ohio: Peter Langan is convicted in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, of five felonies related to 1994 armed
robberies of banks in Columbus and Cinci
engage in armed robbery to support their revolutionary struggle.
February 14, Missouri: The remaining seven common law court activists of the thirteen convicted earlier in Missouri receive
their sentences: six activists sentenced to two years in prison and a seventh activist to seven years. All additionally must pay
a $5,000 fine.
Ca. February 15, Washington: Charles Miller and three other men are arrested in Washington on sixteen counts of
conspiracy to defraud banks, mail fraud, and interstate transportation of stolen property. Another accomplice, Kathleen
Cottam, was arrested earlier and pled guilty. The suspects had obtained bogus money orders from Montana Freeman
leader LeRoy Schweitzer in 1995 and had been using them to buy cars and motor homes in Washington. Charles
Christenson, Kurt Gilson, and Veryl Knowles were also arrested.
February 15, Ohio, Washington, Arkansas, Montana, Utah: Near Wilmington, Ohio, Chevie and Cheyne Kehoe, two brothers
from Washington, engage in two shootouts with local police during and following a routine traffic stop. A bystander is
wounded. The Kehoes, Christian Identity adherents with ties to Aryan Nations and other white supremacist groups, avoid an
intensive manhunt and vanish along with their families. Their mobile home is later found near Casper, Wyoming. Chevie
Kehoe is wanted for questioning in co
and his family.
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and using the cash to further the cause of white supremacy in co
February 20, Georgia: Three Georgia militia members receive stiff sentences for their roles in a conspiracy to build pipe
bombs for use against the federal government. Bob Starr is given 8 years, one month; while James McCranie and Troy
Spain are sentenced to six S years in prison each.
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the Montana Freemen. Marilyn Kerkvliet and Robert Leffler are convicted of eight counts of mail fraud and passing
counterfeit checks each. Ronald Kerkvliet is convicted of a single count of mail fraud.
February 21, Montana, North Carolina: The first conviction arrives for members of the Montana Freemen, who held off
authorities for 81 days in the spring of 1996. Russell Landers and an associate, James Vincent Wells, are convicted of seven
and twelve federal fraud and conspiracy counts, respectively, ending a trial marked by combative behavior by Landers. The
two used bogus money orders to purchase vehicles to drive back to Montana.