Recent ‘paper terrorism’ arrests first in the state, sheriff said Read more: Annisto

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Recent ‘paper terrorism’ arrests first in the state, sheriff said

ATTENTION: "Sovereign Citizens" - we are on to your little 'paper terrorism' games.

Law enforcement officials in Etowah County said three recent arrests are linked to a group using an illegal tactic to harass public officials.

The latest arrest involves Weaver resident Mary Whiteside Quillen, 65. A press release issued by the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office said Quillen was arrested July 26 on charges that she recorded a false lien in the county probate judge’s office against U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob L. Lew.

Quillen’s arrest is similar to two others the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office made earlier this summer. Everett Leon Stout, 71, of St. Clair County, and Miriam Claire Shultz, 66, of Marshall County were charged with two counts each of offering false instrument for record, filing liens against a circuit clerk, a municipal prosecutor, a federal judge and a federal probation officer.

“These types of false recordings have the potential to ruin public officials’ lives,” said Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin in a press release. “We will not allow this to happen in Etowah County and will prosecute these individuals to the fullest extent of the law.”

The three arrests are believed by the Sheriff’s Office to be the first of their kind in Alabama under a new law that makes offering a false instrument for record a class C felony. It’s a tactic that Blaine Galliher, the legislative affairs director in Gov. Robert Bentley’s office, calls “paper terrorism.”

These "Sovereign Citizens" crackpots use embrace this fictional legal speak made up of archaic terms and irrelevant theories, to justify their belief that governments and courts have no power over them. They are basically deadbeats who don't want to pay their mortgage or their taxes.

However, they love to misuse the legal system by filing false leans against public officials, judges and sheriffs to ruin their credit rating.

It's funny, they don't acknowledge the power/authority of the federal government, but they're always quoting the 1st, 2nd and 4th amendment. Hint: When your civil rights under the U.S. Constitution have been violate what is the only authority that can give you remedy? (it rhymes with Smederal Smourts.)

 

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Guess I touched a nerve -- the tea bags ran like hell from this thread.