Re: New Militia Standoff-- Maine?

Joseph Pothier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Good evening my fellow newsgroup members,
> 
> Today's Associated Press [via the Birmingham News] reports that the
> Mutual Defense Pack Militia is again threatening a standoff, this time
> in the state of Maine. I point out that this same group [aka The Second
> American Revolution Militia-- Mutual Defense Pack Militia] also
> threatened a standoff last month in Michigan in the case of Lyle
> Barkley. [See my previous postings in thread New Militia Standoff?] I
> also point out that previously one Rick Stanley was cited as the head of
> this militia, and that Mr. Stanley is now in custody on some very
> serious charges. [See my previous posts in threat !!New Militia Bust--
> Stanley!!]
> 
> Have a nice evening---
> 
> Yours,
> 
> JP
> 
> 
> +++++++++++++++
> 
> Associated Press, `Alabama Group Offers to Come to Lafortune's Aid ,`
> Birmingham News, 031112.
> 
> BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP)-- An armed militia in Alabama is offering its
> assistance to  Biddeford resident Dorothy Lafortune in her fight to keep
> her house. 
> 
> A leader of an Alabama-based group called the Mutual Defense Pact
> Militia urged members this week to be ready to come to Maine with enough
> supplies for a 10-day engagement. Police and public safety officials
> said they are aware of the threat and take it seriously. 
> 
> Law enforcement officials are monitoring the situation, Maine Public
> Safety Commissioner Michael Cantara said Wednesday. 
> 
> "We're aware of the various e-mails and messages and are monitoring the
> situation. People have a First Amendment right to speak, but their
> behavior determines whether or not it calls for a law enforcement
> response," he said. 
> 
> Lafortune has waged an unsuccessful legal battle to keep her home for
> more than a year. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt the
> seizure of the three-family home on Graham Street. 
> 
> Acting as her own attorney, Lafortune claimed that the foreclosure was
> being carried out in retaliation for her local call-in show on the
> city's public-access cable TV channel. The show was taken off the air by
> city officials. 
> 
> In October, the state supreme court ruled Lafortune no longer owns the
> property, which was seized by the city for non-payment of taxes and
> auctioned to Portland resident Tim Q. Ly for $80,000. 
> 
> Floyd Shackelford, a leader of the Mutual Defense Pact Militia, told the
> Journal Tribune that his group doesn't want violence, but is defending
> Lafortune because she hasn't had a jury trial. "She said if a jury rules
> against her, she will leave voluntarily," Shackelford said in a
> telephone interview. 
> 
> But a message sent to the group's members Tuesday suggested they would
> be armed and ready for confrontation. It suggested members surround
> Lafortune's house and be prepared to offer "direct fire support."



What was stanley arrested for?