From the LVRJ: Two people accused of plotting to capture and kill a Las Vegas police officer as part of a domestic terrorist movement were arrested Tuesday after a months-long undercover investigation.
David Allan Brutsche, 42, and Devon Campbell Newman, 67, alleged to belong to a “sovereign citizen movement,” were arrested by Las Vegas police counter-terrorism officers and booked Wednesday on charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder, among other charges.
Police had been investigating Brutsche and Newman since April. The undercover detectives met with the suspects about 30 times and secretly recorded hundreds of hours of the conversations, according to a police report.
The pair “expressed a deep hatred” for police and targeted officers for “perceived violations of Constitutional Civil Rights” during traffic stops, the report said.
Brutsche and Newman planned to kidnap a random police officer using a team of “sovereign citizens,” place the officer in a makeshift “jail” and try the officer in their own court.
After obtaining a “conviction,” the pair planned to execute the officer, the report said.
The “sovereign citizen movement” is a loose group of citizens who claim they don’t answer to U.S. laws, oppose taxes, and especially dislike police. They are considered a domestic terror threat by the FBI and there are about 100,000 “hardcore” members of the movement, according to a 2010 Southern Poverty Law Center report. http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/man-woman-arrested-plot-capture-kill-las-vegas-police-officers
One hand, these two are pair of morons.
But, as their defense attorney's going to try do, I wonder how much Metro undercover cops influenced these two moron's behavior.
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