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April 20, Montana: Marc and Cheryl Andrea, of Florence, Montana, are indicted for recruiting 125 Missoula area residents

into a California-based tax protest organization.

April 22, Texas: Republic of Texas member Jo Ann Canaday Turner (see above) is arrested on two counts of contempt of

court for filing a fraudulent lien in violation of a court order and for not attending a hearing.

April 22, Ohio: Ohio Aryan Nations member Larry Wayne Harris receives a probation sentence after pleading guilty to a

single count of wire fraud for obtaining samples of bubonic plague.

April 23, Texas: The FBI arrests three men and one woman for planning a bomb attack on a gas refinery northwest of Fort

Worth. The planned bombing was to divert attention from an armored car robbery that would finance their extremist activities.

The suspects have Klan ties.

April 23, California: White supremacist Todd Vanbiber of Winter Park is injured while making a pipe bomb; the weapon

blows up in his face. Investigating authorities find materials linking Vanbiber to the neo-Nazi National Alliance, as well as 14

unexploded pipe bombs.

April 27, Texas: After police arrest Republic of Texas "chief of security," Bob Scheidt, on weapons possession charges,

Republic of Texas members ordered by Richard McLaren storm a nearby residence, firing shots, to kidnap two neighbors as

hostages. The incident begins a standoff. The two hostages, a man and his wife, were vocal opponents of McLaren.

April 28, Texas: After twelve hours of captivity, Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe are released by Republic of Texas members

after authorities swap jailed ROT member Bob Scheidt for the two. Formal charges are filed against six ROT members, from

engaging in organized criminal activity to aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon.

April 28, California: A huge blast in a Olivehurst, California, home leads to the arrest of sympathizer William Goehler (a

convicted rapist), charged with possessing explosives. Goehler suffered a neck injury in the blast at his home, while his wife

and one of this children were slightly injured. The explosive material was in a tree outside the home. Goehler is associated

with the Twin Cities Free Militia. The previous year, he traveled to Jordan, Montana, to show his support for the Montana

Freemen.

April 28, Texas: Leaders of the other factions of the splintered Republic of Texas group, Archie Lowe and David Johnson,

distance themselves from Richard McLaren.

April 28, Texas: A Texas Ranger assault team arrives at Ft. Davis, Texas. About 200 law enforcement officers surround

McLaren's location, where close to 10 Republic of Texas members are holed up.

April 29, Texas: Two armored personnel carriers arrive at Ft. Davis. They are named "Bubba One" and "Bubba Two."

April 30, Texas: Texas Rangers arrest seven individuals in two vehicles at a truck stop in Pecos, Texas, with a supply of fully

automatic assault weapons and some explosive materials. The individuals were on their way to join Richard McLaren. A few

others are also stopped in following days, but the massive action predicted by McLaren does not occur. Meanwhile, McLaren

and authorities talk sporadically by fax and phone. McLaren eventually breaks off negotiations.

April 30, California: Following the arrest of William Goehler (see above) on explosives charges, two associates of his, Kevin

Quinn and Vernon Weckner, were arrested in Yuba City, California, and 500 pounds of the volatile explosive petrogel were

found. Weckner is one of the central militia organizers in northern California; he also is a common law activist and a tax

protester.

MAY

Ca. May 1, Oregon: Common law court advocates Dick Lancial and Thor Lancial are indicted by a grand jury in Multnomah

County, Oregon, on multiple counts of forgery and simulating the legal process for their common law court activities.

May 1, New York: Bronx-area extremist blows his hand off in his apartment booby-trapped with homemade bombs. The

man, John Saperstein, an unemployed construction worker, had at least five bombs in his apartment. Neighbors indicated

that Saperstein talked a lot about the "Patriots of America" and the militia.

May 1, Colorado: Federal agents arrest Colorado militia leader Ron Cole (the "Colorado First Light Infantry") and two other

militia members on weapons charges in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado. Authorities seize weapons and explosives

materials. Ron Cole, who claims to be a militant Branch Davidian, has been one of the more vocal militia leaders in recent

months. Police find six fully automatic AK-47 rifles, three land mines, 75 pounds of rocket fuel, a pipe bomb, and much

ammunition.

May 1, Florida: Brevard County (FL) militia member Brian Edward Lanier is arrested after making threats that he would kill

himself on the state seal and blow up an insurance building. He was held on an outstanding warrant from another county for

a 1989 aggravated assault.

May 1, Texas : Police negotiators send Richard McLaren a "final offer" and threaten to move in to arrest them. They also cut

off power to his trailer.

May 2, California: Police investigating the Yuba County explosives ring of Vernon Weckner, Kevin Quinn, and William

Goehler, arrest three more men, Jason Fox, Edward Whitlow and Robert Scott Deaver, charged with possessing explosives.

The six plead not guilty.

May 2, Texas: Republic of Texas member Robert Scheidt surrenders to authorities surrounding McLaren's "embassy."

Meanwhile, police units move closer to the compound. Richard McLaren issues a plea for "reinforcements" and he and four

followers fax their wills to state police.

May 2, Washington: Richard Frank Burton, who pled guilty to possessing pipe bombs and other charges in connection with