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Alaska Sovereign Citizens Indicted On Murder Conspiracy Charges

Jillian Rayfield | January 24, 2012, 2:15PM

Second Amendment Task Force organizer Francis "Schaeffer" Cox

Schaeffer Cox and two of his followers in the Alaska Peacemaker Militia appeared in court on Monday expecting to file more motions to dismiss the charges against them. Instead they were greeted with additional indictments by a federal grand jury charging them with conspiring to kill government officials, including law enforcement officers.

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Topics: Alaska, Alaska Peacemakers Militia, Coleman Barney, Lonnie Vernon, Schaeffer Cox, Sovereign Citizens

Bill Fulton

The Strange Case Of The FBI's Second Schaeffer Cox Informant

Jillian Rayfield | November 29, 2011, 12:29PM

Second Amendment Task Force organizer Schaeffer Cox prepares to address fellow gun rights supporters on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Friends Community Church.

Remember when Republican senate candidate Joe Miller hired a security team for that ill-fated campaign event at a public school last fall? Well, as it turns out, the head of the security team was moonlighting as a confidential informant infiltrating the Alaska militia movement for the FBI, in an effort that eventually helped lead to the arrest of Schaeffer Cox and his followers on weapons charges and an alleged plot to kill state officials.

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Topics: Alaska Peacemakers Militia, Bill Fulton, Coleman Barney, Dropzone Security, Joe Miller, Lonnie Vernon, Schaeffer Cox, Sovereign Citizens

Schaeffer Cox

Schaeffer Cox & Co. Also Charged With Possessing Grenade Launcher

Jillian Rayfield | November 22, 2011, 6:10AM

Second Amendment Task Force organizer Francis "Schaeffer" Cox

Schaeffer Cox and two members of his Alaska militia were indicted on two additional federal weapons charges for possessing grenades and a grenade launcher.

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Topics: Alaska Peacemakers Militia, Coleman Barney, Lonnie Vernon, Schaeffer Cox, Sovereign Citizens

Sovereign Citizens

Alaska Judge Tosses Evidence In Schaeffer Cox Militia Case

Jillian Rayfield | October 18, 2011, 10:56AM

Second Amendment Task Force organizer Schaeffer Cox prepares to address fellow gun rights supporters on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Friends Community Church.

An Alaska judge barred prosecutors from using over 100 hours of electronic surveillance in the trial of Schaeffer Cox of the Alaska Peacemakers Militia, who allegedly stockpiled weapons as part of a plot to kill state officials.

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Topics: Alaska Peacemakers Militia, Lonnie Vernon, Schaeffer Cox, Sovereign Citizens

Sovereign Citizens

Two AK Sovereign Citizens Lose Tax Case Which Allegedly Led To Plot To Kill Judge

Jillian Rayfield | May 31, 2011, 12:49PM

Lonnie and Karen Vernon, two sovereign citizens and militia members in Alaska, lost a court case over $180,000 in taxes they owe to the IRS, a case that allegedly led to a plot to kill a U.S. District Judge, an IRS employee, and two state troopers.