Some more information on Scott Roeder:

Roeder, who in the 1990s was a manufacturing assemblyman, was also involved in the “Freemen” movement.

“Freemen” claimed sovereignty from government jurisdiction.

Adherents declared themselves exempt from laws, regulations and taxes.

In April 1996, Roeder was arrested in Topeka after Shawnee County sheriff’s deputies stopped him for having a license plate that read, “Sovereign private property. Immunity declared by law. Non-commercial American.” They found bomb-making materials in his car.

He was sentenced in June 1996 to 24 months of probation, which ended six months early when the Kansas Court of Appeals overturned his conviction.

Morris Wilson, commander of the Kansas Unorganized Citizens Militia in the mid-1990s, said he knew Roeder fairly well.

“I’d say he’s a good ol’ boy except he was just so fanatic about abortion,” Wilson said.

Suzanne James, former director of victims’ services for Shawnee County, said she remembers Roeder.

“He was part of the One Supreme Court, a Freemen group based out of Shawnee County,” James said. “He was fanatic about a lot of things. I went to one of his court appearances and thought, ‘This guy is dangerous.’ There were a lot of red flags that came up about him.”

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