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'SON OF MAN' ARRESTED AT ED BROWN'S FORTRESS

June 24, 2008

The Lord truly works in mysterious ways:

PLAINFIELD – A man who says God, not the United States Treasury, owns the former home of Ed and Elaine Brown was arrested at the concrete-fortified residence Sunday morning after he set up camp on the front porch.

Dressed in white, the long-haired man identified himself to police only as "Son of Man" and said he worked for a priest named "Lord's Body" as part of a church called "House of Israel," according to court documents.

The Browns are the tax-protesting couple that holed up in their house to avoid imprisonment after being convicted of tax evasion. They were arrested in their house after a long standoff by federal agents posing as sympathizers.

When you are on a mission from God, you should perform better than this:

Police allege the man activated an ADT security alarm system installed by federal agents after they seized the 401 Center of Town Road property and arrested the Browns last October on warrants connected with their January 2007 convictions on federal tax evasion charges.

If you truly are on a divine mission, you should be able to disable a security alarm.

When the other officers arrived, Sonneosman consented to a search of his belongings. Inside his Bible, police found two airplane tickets from now-defunct, Hawaii-based Aloha Airlines that identified the man as "Sonne, Israel" and "Sonneosman, Israel."

In his backpack, they found a government no trespassing sign, an ADT sign, and receipts from the West Lebanon Wal-Mart for a bicycle and vegetable seeds.

West Lebanon Wal-Mart? I would have thought it would been closer to Nazareth. If you are too snooty to shop at Wal-Mart, just be aware that the Highest Authority does business there.

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