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Beale accomplice cops plea in tax-protest kidnap plot

September 26, 2008

An associate of convicted tax evader Robert Beale pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge involving a plot to kidnap the judge in Mr. Beale's tax evasion trial. Norman William Pool of Blaine, Minnesota pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to impede an officer.

Authorities say that Mr. Pool and others conspired with Mr. Beale to "arrest" the judge and try her in their own "common law court." This brilliant plan came undone because Mr. Beale's calls from jail were monitored.

It's not clear whether Mr. Pool will now cooperate in breaking up this alleged ring of criminal masterminds.

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