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SO MUCH FOR THE 'ARREST THE JUDGE' DEFENSE STRATEGY
July 15, 2008
Minnesota entrepreneur Robert Beale already had a plate full of legal troubles. Now he's getting an extra helping.
Currently awaiting sentencing on federal tax evasion charges, Mr. Beale and three associates have now been charged with "conspiring to prevent a federal judge from performing her duties." From TwinCities.com:
Robert Beale, 65, was charged Monday in federal court with one count of conspiracy to impede an officer and one count of obstruction of justice. Also indicted on the same charges were Frederick Bond, 62, of Champlin; John Pelton, 67, of Stillwater; and Norman Pool, 43, of Blaine."God wants me to destroy the judge," Beale is accused of saying in court records.
According to the charges, these four had an ingenious plot to "arrest" the trial judge to stop the tax trial:
The men issued fake warrants for Montgomery's arrest, filed fraudulent liens, planned to disrupt court proceedings and planned to arrest Montgomery. The plans were concocted at meetings of their "common law court" in Little Canada and in phone calls from Beale, after he was jailed.
Just... brilliant! What could possibly go wrong? Aside from it being absolutely insane and doomed from the start, of course.
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