Wednesday, August 1, 2012
St. Peters judge said the Ron Paul supporter was not given specific order or opportunity to leave the grounds.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
St. Peters Municipal Court Judge Donald Kohl ruled Brent Stafford not guilty of trespassing after the March 17 St. Charles County Republican Caucus at Francis Howell North. Kohl approved a motion for acquittal by defense attorney David Roland, of the Freedom Center of Missouri. Roland cross-examined prosecution witnesses, but had not yet presented defense witnesses. “Those in authority can’t trespass unless they are specifically ordered to leave,” Kohl said while giving his ruling. “And then they have to be given an opportunity to leave.” The St. Charles County Republican Central Committee had rented out the building, and Brent Stafford was a committee member. Roland said the city had not shown that Stafford, a Central Committee member, …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Republican Chairman Eugene Dokes said a group of Ron Paul supporters shoved and hit his wife; St. Peters Police say it's unclear who started the skirmish.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Ron Paul supporters scuffled with St. Charles County Central Republican Chairman Eugene Dokes and his wife Tuesday morning before a St. Peters municipal trial. Brent Stafford fought a trespassing charge in St. Peters municipal court Tuesday morning. The charge stems from an arrest after the St. Charles County Republican Caucus March 17. Stafford, a Ron Paul supporter, said the caucus was improperly shut down. Stafford said he was trying to legally reconvene the caucus on the Francis Howell North High School parking lot when he was arrested. St. Peters Police Community and Media Relations Officer Melissa Doss said four protesters were near the St. Peters Justice Center before and during Tuesday’s trial, and some were carrying Eugene …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Brent Stafford was one of two arrested following the March 17 St. Charles County Republican caucus.
Brent Stafford pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charge of trespassing at the first raucus St. Charles County caucus on March 17. Stafford, a prominent supporter of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was arrested by St. Peters Police after the caucus was disbanded. At the time of the arrest, St. Peters Police said two people—Stafford and Kenneth Suitter—were arrested for trespassing after receiving numerous warnings to leave the school property. Both subjects were transported to St. Peters Justice Center where they were booked for trespassing and released on a summons. Stafford, 45, from O'Fallon, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he did nothing wrong and and wanted the charges dropped. He said he should not have been arrested after …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Republican Committee organizers say they tried to be fair to all caucus participants by trying to see that delegates were apportioned to candidates according to participant numbers.
During Ron Paul’s March 10 visit to Lindenwood University, Brent Stafford got up and urged Paul supporters to attend the caucus and “make national news.” And they did. “Just not in the way we wanted to,” Stafford said Sunday. The St. Charles County Republican Caucus at Francis Howell North was shut down Saturday with no business conducted. Stafford and another caucus attender were arrested by St. Peters Police for trespassing after the caucus. Now, the “St. Patrick’s Day Massacre” has two sides of the county's GOP pointing fingers at the other. Stafford said that before the meeting, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney supporters had decided to support him (Stafford) for chairman. Pre-Caucus Planning “We talked to them and I told them I was intent on …
William Braudis
8:15 pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
It is well understood that many, or so I am told, Judges learn Law out of Comic Books. I understand that, correct or incorrectly, it was taught in two publications, the first in Dumbo, the Judge, and the second edition, in Mickey Mouse Part Two for Mentally Challenge Candidates. Many Judges do not purchase the Second Edition. I know of no one like this, nor have I ever seen these books, but I am … more ›