In a detention motion filed Friday in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the government asked that Phil Jackson, Stark City, and Steve Jackson, Pierce City, (top photo) be held without bond while awaiting charges that include tax fraud, conspiracy and threatening an IRS agent.
The motions claimed both brothers were flight risks and cited their "sovereign citizen beliefs," meaning the Jacksons do not believe they have to obey court orders.
In Phil Jackson's motion, the government noted that he has connections to the country of Belize and might flee the United States to avoid prosecution.
Additionally, defendant Jackson filed, and supported the filing of, false documents in federal bankruptcy court, calling into question his ability to follow the directives of this Court if placed on bond.
In addition to sovereign citizen beliefs, the motion noted Steve Jackson's previous criminal conviction for possession of an unregistered firearm. He was sentenced to time served, 12 months and 20 days, followed by three years of supervised probation. The probation was was revoked September 17, 2009, because Jackson "continued to illegally possess firearms, resulting in four months in prison."
During a previous federal indictment in 2008, at the same time he was facing a trespassing charge in Newton County Circuit Court, Jackson failed to appear for either the federal or state cases "and was apprehended two months later in Texas."
2 comments:
Dumb and Dumber
I'm tired of freeloaders like thses two.
TIRED.
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