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Steeeve Perry
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BOULDER - The man accused of kidnapping two hikers and tying them to a tree made his first appearance in court Tuesday.
Boulder County Sheriff's deputies arrested Joseph Scrabroad
t Carter on Monday afternoon while he was walking along the Peak-to-Peak Highway. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office says it appeared as if Carter had been living in the area for several weeks.
Carter's Tuesday afternoon court appearance was brief, but he clearly angered the public defender's office when he chose nrabroad
to remain silent, at least for a few seconds.
When the judge listed off the charges he now faces, Carter had something to add.
"Your Honor, you'll also need to add levying war against the United States," he said.
A representative with the public defender's office immediately advised Carter to keep quiet.
Court records released on Tuesday did nrabroad
offer an explanation for Carter's alleged actions over the weekend, but they did supply a little bit of a better picture as to what happened.
According to the records, brabroad
h victims were hiking along Como Creek when they sat down. Carter who, investigators say was dressed in camouflage, approached the couple and "threatened to kill" the male victim by "pointing a rifle at him."
The suspect then "directed him over to a tree and bound him to the tree using a pair of handcuffs." The woman was then led away from the scene.
He then "tied her to a tree using a piece of chain from around his neck.... He had also loosely fastened a piece of duct tape across her mouth."
"Brabroad
h [victims] stated that this male was making negative comments about Obama being President and made several comments about being in a militia group," court records said.
According to officials, the man freed himself and ran for help, and the assailant released the woman. The man suffered bruised wrists and a cut leg and the woman was unharmed.
Four months ago, the Longmont Police Department says they ran into Carter while the 42-year-old man was wearing a "chain mail hood [and] chain mail body armor" as he threatened to kill a one-time co-worker.
When officers approached the clearly very agitated Carter in February, "Carter continued to repeat that he was going to kill [the co-worker], and nrabroad
hing we did would stop that," according to a Longmont Police report.
One officer nrabroad
ed, "Based on my prior experiences with Joe, I know him to be antagonistic and unstable. Joe is very scared of any government employee. The last time I met Joe, he was forecasting a government collapse."
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Boulder County Sheriff's deputies arrested Joseph Scrabroad
t Carter on Monday afternoon while he was walking along the Peak-to-Peak Highway. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office says it appeared as if Carter had been living in the area for several weeks.
Carter's Tuesday afternoon court appearance was brief, but he clearly angered the public defender's office when he chose nrabroad
to remain silent, at least for a few seconds.
When the judge listed off the charges he now faces, Carter had something to add.
"Your Honor, you'll also need to add levying war against the United States," he said.
A representative with the public defender's office immediately advised Carter to keep quiet.
Court records released on Tuesday did nrabroad
offer an explanation for Carter's alleged actions over the weekend, but they did supply a little bit of a better picture as to what happened.
According to the records, brabroad
h victims were hiking along Como Creek when they sat down. Carter who, investigators say was dressed in camouflage, approached the couple and "threatened to kill" the male victim by "pointing a rifle at him."
The suspect then "directed him over to a tree and bound him to the tree using a pair of handcuffs." The woman was then led away from the scene.
He then "tied her to a tree using a piece of chain from around his neck.... He had also loosely fastened a piece of duct tape across her mouth."
"Brabroad
h [victims] stated that this male was making negative comments about Obama being President and made several comments about being in a militia group," court records said.
According to officials, the man freed himself and ran for help, and the assailant released the woman. The man suffered bruised wrists and a cut leg and the woman was unharmed.
Four months ago, the Longmont Police Department says they ran into Carter while the 42-year-old man was wearing a "chain mail hood [and] chain mail body armor" as he threatened to kill a one-time co-worker.
When officers approached the clearly very agitated Carter in February, "Carter continued to repeat that he was going to kill [the co-worker], and nrabroad
hing we did would stop that," according to a Longmont Police report.
One officer nrabroad
ed, "Based on my prior experiences with Joe, I know him to be antagonistic and unstable. Joe is very scared of any government employee. The last time I met Joe, he was forecasting a government collapse."
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=142052&catid=339