<P> In Miami, Florida in 2015, forty - year old E-Yage Bowens was sentenced to 485 years in prison for repeatedly raping a sixteen - year - old girl and forcing her to cut herself . Bowens claimed to be a "sovereign citizen", and to be immune from U.S. laws . </P> <P> On December 13, 2016, Markeith Loyd allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend, Sade Dixon, and then fled the scene . On January 9, 2017, Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton was alerted to Loyd's presence at a Walmart on John Young Parkway . Officer Clayton attempted to arrest Loyd, and Loyd allegedly shot and killed the lieutenant . Markeith Loyd was successfully arrested on January 17, 2017 after being located in the Orlando Carver Shores area . On March 1, 2017, Loyd appeared in an Orange County court where he said, "For the record, I want to state that I am Markeith Loyd . Flesh and blood . I'm a human being . I'm not a fictitious person . I'm not a corporation ." He went on to say, "And therefore, I am going to tell you the fact, I am in due court, I accept the charges value . And I want to use my UCC financial statement, my number, to write these charges off ." The officiating judge, Chief Judge Frederick J. Lauten, ended up assigning Loyd a standby lawyer "because (he) believes Loyd believes he is a sovereign citizen ." On March 16, 2017, Florida Governor Rick Scott replaced Ninth Judicial Circuit State's Attorney Aramis D. Ayala with State Attorney Brad King as the prosecutor of the state's case against Markeith Loyd due to Ayala's decision to not seek the death penalty against Loyd . </P> <P> On April 12, 2017, Austin, Texas police seized three guns and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition from Steven Thomas Boehle who had been planning an attack . </P> <P> In November 2017, convicted sex offender and former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle filed a motion to overturn his convictions by stating that the federal court did not have jurisdiction to convict him because of his status as a "sovereign citizen ." His motion was dismissed as "frivolous ." </P>

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