Recently indicted members of a sovereign citizen movement in Washington state have ties to Alaska's own Schaeffer Cox. The connection, documented in court records, was first reported by Seattle PI.com.
Reporter Levi Pulkkinen chronicles the bizarre run-ins, ramblings and tax schemes of a quartet of self-appointed "county rangers" who now face charges in state and federal court. The investigation into Timothy Garrison, his wife, and married couple Raymond and Ute Jarlik-Bell revealed the group's links to Cox, according to Pulkkinen:
According to court documents, Garrison, his wife – described as the vice president of the anti-government organization by federal investigators – and a Yelm couple also facing federal charges formed an ad-hoc jury and tried Francis Schaeffer Cox, an Alaskan accused of plotting to kill judges and government officials there. Despite the acquittal handed down by their jury, Cox remains jailed on a host of state and federal charges.
An affidavit for a search warrant in the case against the Jarlik-Bells describes the affiliation as one involving frequent contact:
Jarlik-Bell also has ties to an individual named Schaeffer Cox via the Assemblies movement. Based on information received from other law enforcement sources, Jarlik-Bell has been in contact with Cox on numerous occasions recently regarding Cox's problems with state and federal law enforcement. Cox was recently charged in federal court in Alaska with weapons offenses, including conspiracy to possess machine guns and silencers. It is specifically alleged in the indictment that Cox and his confederates conspired to possess these weapons as part of their "belief that at some undetermined point in the future they would have to take up arms against the government."
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