Sovereign Citizen Gets 12 Years For Threatening Judges

April 24, 2024 Crackpots, Crime

Courthouse News reports:

A Colorado judge on Wednesday handed a 12-year prison sentence to a man found guilty of threatening and harassing judges in the state.

Using legal tactics popularized by the sovereign citizen movement, Brett Nelson, 45, filed fraudulent motions for default judgments and powers of attorney against court staff and judges overseeing criminal and domestic cases where he was a defendant. Nelson also filed fake quitclaims deeds in an attempt to seize property he did not own.

The FBI labels such acts “paper terrorism” and characterizes sovereign citizens as a domestic terrorist movement that causes “all kinds of problems — and crimes.” After a 10-day trial in March, a jury found Nelson guilty of 20 criminal charges including extortion, conspiracy and retaliation.

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