A man from Mineral Springs, Arkansas, has been arrested after a judge ruled he was a serious threat to the community as a result of several threatening letters he mailed to lawmakers calling for the elimination of Common Core standards in public schools.
Maverick Dean Bryan bonded out of jail on March 28, but he faces seven counts of mailing threatening communications to mayors in seven different Arkansas cities.
Based on court documents, here’s what we know about the case so far:
Bryan threatened to hang the mayors of Ashdown, Hope, De Queen, Lewisville, Murfreesboro, Nashville, and Prescott from the “mighty oaks” in front of their local courthouses if they didn’t order local schools to replace the Common Core curriculum with the Bible.
U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey returned Bryan to jail on the recommendation of federal prosecutors because she said he had “repeatedly demonstrated his unwillingness to abide by the laws concerning the possession of firearms by a convicted felon.”
Also in her arrest and commitment order, Judge Hickey stated:
“Defendant has an extensive criminal history involving the possession of firearms. In addition to his three previous convictions involving firearms, Defendant has admitted that he was impermissibly in possession of a firearm on the day of his arrest.”
Bryan is also accused of placing ads in in a local newspaper attempting to raise $23 million to start a “Christian army” which would overthrow the U.S. government.
Prosecutors also allege that Bryan’s letters insisted that the mayors he wrote no longer honor any of the votes cast by anyone who is homosexual, Muslim, socialist, communist, atheist, or anyone who worships a God other than Jesus Christ.
Bryan is slated to go on trial later this month.
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