Two “sovereign citizens” in Georgia were sentenced to prison on Friday for trying to take over three vacant homes, according to Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds.
Susan Lorraine Weidman was indicted in 2011 for trying to rent out foreclosed houses that she did not own.
“I feel a little bit entrapped, that if this was illegal, why didn’t they put something in writing and explain that to me?” Weidman told WSBTV at the time. “I haven’t hurt anybody, and I’ve taken no money under false pretenses.”
Cobb Superior Court Judge A. Gregory Poole sentenced Weidman to 40 years, with 20 years to be served in prison and the rest on probation. The 52-year-old woman described the situation as “a failure to communicate between me and law enforcement.”
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“This was no experiment,” Judge Poole said. “You had folks breaking into houses, changing the locks and outright thieving. It was just incredulous to me that a citizen could think she could get away with this.”
‘Sovereign citizens’ in Georgia to serve prison time for trying to take over foreclosed homes | The Raw Story
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