CRIME & SAFETY
Colorado man imprisoned after threatening financial actions against judges, law enforcement, neighbors
A former Gunnison County man convicted of fraudulently declaring financial awards in his favor and filing for possession of properties owned by jail staff and judges overseeing his court cases was sentenced to 12 years in state prison last week.Brett Andrew "Drew" Nelson, 43, was ordered to serve jail time at the end of a contentious legal battle in which the state attorney general's office stepped in on behalf of lower-level judges and prosecutors who became targets of Nelson.Nelson was accused by one of those judges of using "sovereign citizen" and "constitutionalist" tactics while being increasingly hostile in the courtroom,...
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