‘Sovereign citizens’ try to claim ritzy waterfront homes in Washington State
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In Washington State, a group known as the Moorish Sovereign Citizens is demanding homeowners vacate their residences, claiming it is the rightful owner of the land, reported Seattle-Tacoma TV station KIRO on Saturday.
Members of the group have been disturbing homeowners of upscale waterfront abodes in coastal Snohomish County, according to law enforcement officials.
Detectives in the city of Edmonds, near Puget Sound, state that the group carries invalid documents that have an official artifice to scare homeowners into moving out.
In one severe case, according to officials, a Moorish Sovereign Citizens Group member told a female homeowner she was being evicted.
“They have basically come to say that they’re from this particular group and they’re there to repossess the home and want the people to vacate the premises,” explained police Sgt. Josh McClure.
In every case, police were contacted, and the group cooperated when told it was trespassing and could face arrests.
The Moorish Sovereign Citizens has been identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an extremist group, stating that members “believe their status as members of a sovereign nation imparts immunity from federal, state and local authorities.”
McClure asserts that the group believes it owns all land between Alaska and Argentina, as well as all the islands within that nearly 8,000-mile range.
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McClure noted that his department has been in contact with the FBI regarding the group.
In Maryland, one member of the group moved into a 12-bedroom, 35,000-square-foot mansion in Bethesda, Md., which was up for sale, according to a 2013 CBS report.
“Lamont Butler, aka Lamon Maurice L., claimed the mansion for himself,” according to the report. “He even provided documents by the so-called Moorish National Republic to back it up.”
