Man in alleged plot to kidnap Obama’s dog arrested on weapons charge
January 8
A man who allegedly plotted to kidnap one of the Obama family’s dogs was arrested in the District on Wednesday with a cache of weapons and ammunition in his car, the Secret Service said.
Upon his arrest, Scott D. Stockert, 49, of Dickinson, N.D., made a series of outlandish claims to officers: that he was Jesus Christ, that he was the son of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, that he planned to run for president, and that he was there to kidnap Bo or Sunny, the Obamas’ dogs, the Secret Service said in a court document.
According to a filing in D.C. Superior Court, the Minnesota field office of the Secret Service first learned of Stockert’s intention to kidnap one of the Obamas’ Portuguese water dogs.
After Stockert drove his pickup truck from North Dakota to New York to Washington, Secret Service officers found him at a Hampton Inn at 901 6th Street NW, the court document said.
When agents asked him whether he had any weapons, he told them he had two firearms in his truck and directed them to the truck.
Agents found the two firearms under the back seat — a 12-gauge pump shotgun and a bolt-action .22-caliber rifle. They learned that he was not registered to own a gun and arrested him, the court document said.
They also found more than 350 rounds of ammunition, a billy club and a machete with a 12-inch blade.
Stockert was charged with carrying a rifle or shotgun outside his home or place of business, which is illegal in most cases in the District .
At a preliminary hearing Friday, a judge found probable cause for the case to move forward. The judge ordered that Stockert be released to a high-intensity supervision program pending a court date to be set later.
During his release, Stockert cannot possess any real or imitation weapons, or go near the White House or Capitol, the judge ordered.
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Released? Considering he said "that he was Jesus Christ, that he was the son of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, that he planned to run for president", I would have had him put on a psychiatric hold. I know it doesn't show that he's a danger to himself or others to say that, but still...
Why do I have the feeling that, if the alleged attempted kidnapper were Muslim, this story would have had 50 comments by now?
I'm surprised the gun-tards haven't yet commented on how unconstitutional it was to confiscate his guns.
There is a high probability of inbreeding.
Upon his arrest, Scott D. Stockert, 49, of Dickinson, N.D., made a series of outlandish claims to officers: that he was Jesus Christ,
That makes him a Christian Terrorist and gives Americans fair warning …
… we need to keep all Christians out of the country until, (quoting Donald Trump here) "We figure out what the hell's going on."
But let's not get on the guy's ass about the guns and ammo cache in his car! No way we should fuck with his 2nd Amendment rights!
NOTE: For those among us who live by "Rules of THUMB" … this one's for you … oh, in case it sort of reminds you of the way some people "reason," …
It's sarcasm.
That makes him a Christian Terrorist and gives Americans fair warning …
Now suppose this terrorist, because you're right, that is what he is, actually tried (or tries, since he's going to be under complete release sooner or later, most likely with no mental health help) to get to the dogs in the White House and there is a shoot out. The first thing that would happen is that the gun nuts would bitch because they would say he has an "open carry" right in White House and and that any Secret Service Officer who had to shoot him be prosecuted for it. Also if the police keep his weapons all he has to do is to go to any gun show and buy whatever he wants from a "hobbyist" who just happens to be selling has "private collection" of 25 assault rifles (who always has 25 more every week, no matter how many he sells), with no background check.
Well I guess the world really is going to the dogs. (hahaha - I couldn't pass it up).
This is a sad example of how America has fallen short with respect to treating mental illness.