Freeman

• Judge scolds “Freeman” Dean Clifford for wasting courts time

  They call themselves "Freemen of the Land". They drive without a drivers licence and don't pay taxes.

  Sep 14, 2015
  
• Little-known ‘sovereign citizen’ movement emerged from shadows in 2013

  A so-called sovereign citizen movement emerged from the shadows in 2013 with the story of a pensioner whose rental duplex was claimed as an "embassy" by a follower and his friends.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2013
  
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• Montreal man in Calgary ‘freeman’ case to have psych tests

  An evaluation for the man evicted from a Calgary duplex after trying to declare it a sovereign embassy to see if he can be held responsible for alleged crimes in Quebec.

  Crime

  Nov 19, 2013
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• Intelligence sharing key to countering ‘sovereign citizen’ tactics: police

  Training for frontline officers and better information sharing between police and government agencies can help protect law enforcement officials from potentially aggressive "sovereign citizens."

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2013
• Landlord and tenant rights: what to do with a rental nightmare

  Tenant problems in Alberta are common: here's a look at how landlords can regain control of their property.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2013
• Stage set for showdown over Freeman-on-the-Land rental dispute

  There is just one day to go, until the man at the centre of a tenant dispute can be forced from his Parkdale rental—and it appears some want to see vigilante justice.

  Crime

  Sep 26, 2013
• Freeman-on-the-Land tenant charged by province

  The province has charged Andreas Pirelli with being an unlicensed contractor, following an undercover sting by Alberta Consumer Services.

  Consumer

  Sep 26, 2013
• Quebec landlady says ‘Freeman’ follower in Calgary rent dispute pushed her down the stairs

  A Montreal landlady who says she was assaulted by a self-proclaimed sovereign citizen now at the centre of a rental dispute in Alberta is warning that the man needs to be behind bars.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2013
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• Justice minister says he has ‘had it’ with Freeman-on-the-Land movement

  Controversy has been brewing all week, after a man named Andreas Pirelli staked a claim on the Parkdale duplex he was renting, calling it an ‘embassy’ and changing the locks on the owner.

  Sep 25, 2013
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• ‘Freeman’ at centre of rental controversy was wanted in Quebec

  Andreas Pirelli, who sources have confirmed also goes by Mario Antonacci, was in the middle of a trial in Montreal in May 2010 when he stopped showing up to court.

  Sep 24, 2013