It started as a traffic stop for a broken tail light. Then the case of self-proclaimed sovereign citizen Michael Mattingly devolved into a series of delays, unusual filings and, eventually, a ...

A growing number of sovereign citizens are clogging up Australian courts, after the global financial crisis and COVID-19 spurred a surge in the group's numbers in Australia. The topic is being ...

Imagine sitting in a crowded local court in Australia, and this happens (names have been changed): Court officer: I call the matter of James Burnett JB: I am the personage known by that name but do ...

The 32-year-old man previously ordered by a judge to stay away from the Pierce County home where four people were fatally stabbed Tuesday had several prior run-ins with the police, mostly during ...

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