Friday, November 11, 2005

Daily confirms Neosho Forums scoop

Today's Neosho Daily News confirmed what had been written a few weeks back in Neosho Forums: perennial candidate (and perennial loser) Martin Lindstedt was found incompetent to assist in his own defense and will be transferred to a mental hospital for at least a six-month stay. Lindstedt has been held in the Newton County Jail since being arrested on statutory sodomy charges.
If you remember, Judge Kevin Selby issued an order prohibiting people who attended an open court session from reporting what had been said, a seeming overreach, even for a judge. Of course, this was the same judge who had overreacted earlier by sentencing Lindstedt to 660 days in jail on 22 separate counts of contempt of court. I would imagine that was probably just the kind of publicity Lindstedt wanted.
Lindstedt has been a candidate for everything from U. S. Senator to East Newton R-6 Board of Education, never winning any election.
He has described himself as a pastor in his writings, but Lindstedt was kicked out of the church because of statements he made, as first noted in The Turner Report.

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