Yesterday I was contacted by Don Lobo and was asked if I could assist Liberty Round Table's Hunter, who had been arrested for carrying a concealed weapon by The Ohio State Highway Patrol. Hunter had been in route to share the holidays with friends and family and was simply transversing the Buckeye State when he was stopped for speeding near Ashland, OH (80 miles north of Columbus).
Without revealing too much of the particulars, at some point during the traffic stop the patrol yanked him out of his truck and searched him, found two pistols on his person, several knives, a FAL with a thousand rounds locked in the back and several swords. Ohio doesn't have a CCW permit system and such offenses are felonies. He was arrested on Monday and was able to bail out yesterday (New Year's Eve). However the patrol has obtained a search warrant for his vehicle and will not release it until perhaps Monday at the earliest. I left my bunker compound in Columbus, grabbed a friend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and found Hunter in Ashland. I met with his attorney who attempted to allow Hunter to gain access to his personal effects from his impounded vehicle. The head of the Ashland Post of the Highway Patrol would not let him retrieve anything from his vehicle. This included a change of underwear, Christmas gifts for his mother and family, clean socks, his PGP encrypted laptop and even his toothbrush. This was quite unreasonable after spending two days in jail, having no vehicle, no clean clothes, and on New Year's Eve to boot. His lawyer thought this unreasonable move was due to the unsolved sniper cases in Columbus, his lawyer is trying to find out what the warrant is for etc. Speculation is that they want to test the guns ballistically. I took Hunter out to dinner for a steak and then to Walmart for some fresh underwear and T-shirts. Hunter is in good spirits and vows to fight this. He will be incommunicado for a few days. He had a hotel room and Don Lobo was scheduled to arrive in the early am this morning to pick him up. More details will follow. Regards, Freematt http://www.freeohio.us/ For info on the LRT go to: http://www.libertyroundtable.org/
