Sovereign Citizen Arrested Again, One Week After Guilty Conviction
Oxford police have arrested a man identified as a “sovereign citizen” on charges similar to those he was convicted of one week ago.
Everett Leon Stout, 74, was arrested at Safe Harbor RV Park in Riverside Tuesday on three counts of crime in connection with a sham legal process and one count of perjury. He is being held on $45,000 bond and has a court date of Sept. 1.
Stout may be the first person in Alabama charged under the statute, which make it a crime to issue or distribute unlawful instruments, such as summons, subpoenas, liens, arrest warrants, or other documents.
Calhoun County Assistant District Attorney Tim Burgess said Stout’s charges stem from his attempt to serve members of the prosecutor’s team with documents pertaining to a phony lawsuit in front of the jury during his trial last week.
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