---- Original Message ----- From: watchman The Alamosa Raider Editor G.P. Gripe Fax# 1-508-629-1274 http://www.alamosacoloradoraider.homepage.com/ The Web Page will be up by March 1, 2000 with pictures & updates. PLEASE REDISTRIBUTE FAR & WIDE The RED Star Over ALAMOSA COLORADO A friend called today from Alamosa Colorado. Lorraine's voice was shaky, so I knew right away that something was wrong. Almost in tears, she related this horrifying story to me: My friend, Lorraine, her husband, Scott, their children, and dog were in the family's van returning from town. On a lonely stretch of highway, flashing lights in the rear-view mirror indicated that Alamosa, Colorado law enforcement wanted Scott to pull over. Scott stopped the vehicle at the side of the highway and waited for an Alamosa, Colorado officer to tell him what the problem was. One Alamosa, Colorado officer approached the van and told Scott that there was a taillight out...Then the Alamosa, Colorado officer jumped into the ditch and hid for a short time.....Suddenly, the vehicle was surrounded by Alamosa, Colorado law enforcement personnel with drawn guns pointing in the face of a seven-months pregnant young lady and her husband! This, of course, terrified the five young children in the van I don't suppose these children will ever understand the Officer Friendly Program). One of the Alamosa, Colorado officers shouted at Scott, his wife and the five young children to put their hands up, which they did. Next the Alamosa, Colorado officers shouted for Scott to open the door and get out of the van, which he did not immediately do because his hands were in the air and an Alamosa, Colorado officer had a pistol against the windshield of the van pointed at Scott's head. Scott explained this dilemma to the Alamosa, Colorado officer, who then told him to slowly move his hand down and open the door, which he did. As soon as the latch on the door had released, the Alamosa, Colorado law enforcement officers, tore the door open, dragged Scott out of the van, and threw him to the ground, smashing his head and face into the asphalt until an adequate amount of Scott's blood covered the pavement, all the while keeping guns trained on him. While this was happening to Scott, Lorraine had moved into the back of the van to leash the dog who had begun to jump and growl and to calm the blood curdling cries of the five frightened young children! Now the Alamosa, Colorado law enforcement agents were yelling for Lorraine to get out of the van. But the seven-months-pregnant woman with a growling dog and five terrified children were not moving fast enough for the Alamosa, Colorado law enforcement officers so they shouted terroristic threats at her and the five terrified young children and pointed guns at her and the five terrified little children while she and the terrified children crawled from the back of the van. The officers asked Lorraine for her name, which she gave them, and other information, which she did not. So the agents turned their attention to interrogating the young children, who were too traumatized to say a thing! The Alamosa, Colorado officer wrote a summons for Lorraine accusing her of obstructing an officer in the performance of his duties because she had not exited the van quickly enough to suit them. Seven squad cars of Alamosa, Colorado officers continued to detain Lorraine, her five young children, and the dog, threatening to jail her and have social services come for the five traumatized young children if she didn't answer their questions. One Alamosa, Colorado officer told the children that they had bad parents. The children responded in unison that our Mom and Dad love us. Seven-months-pregnant Lorraine, and five traumatized young children were forced by Alamosa, Colorado law enforcement at gun point to stand outside the van, on a very cold winter night in the middle of February, in the Colorado mountains, while Alamosa, Colorado officers methodically tore up the interior of the customized camper/van. The weary and terrorized family was still standing at gunpoint, shivering in the freezing cold when a church member arrived to pick up the van. The church-member was allowed to reassemble the scattered interior of the van and take Lorraine and her children home. Miraculously, the faulty taillight was working again. You are probably thinking...Who is Scott?, some kind of gun-totin' thug that law enforcement had reason to believe was armed and dangerous? Is he a thief, drunk, or drug dealer that the criminal justice system can't seem to keep behind bars? Well, no. He isn't any of those things, let me tell you what he is. Scott is a Christian husband, and the father of five children with another on the way. He and his wife home-educate their school-age children, and he is a self-employed poet, muralist, painter and an artist. He doesn't drink, smoke, cuss, or beat his wife. Scott does not own a gun, and probably has never even fired one. So, what is a nice guy like this doing behind bars? What possible crime could Scott have committed to justify seven squad cars of law enforcement to approach him with guns drawn?? I honestly don't know. But it seems as if Law Enforcement in Colorado has been on a campaign in recent years to reeducate Scott about some 'misguided' beliefs he has regarding 'rights' and his belief in God (Where the spirit of the LORD is, there is LIBERTY (II Chorinthians 3:17). Once upon a time, Scott believed he had a right to travel and proceeded to do so (he also once believed he had certain Constitutional and even God-given rights). On a previous occasion before the court, a judge decided that Scott had been driving with an expired license rather than Scott's claim of having a right to travel without one. So the judge, in all his wisdom, suspended Scott's expired driver's license. If Scott chooses to operate a vehicle, he is now doing so with a suspended license which may be against the law in Colorado. Monday night, February 14, 2000, Scott chose to operate his vehicle. Tonight, (Tuesday Feb. 15) there is no record of Scott being booked into jail, but his seven-months-pregnant wife and his five Alamosa, Colorado law-enforcement-traumatized children haven't seen him since Monday (2/14/00) night when he was dragged out of his van and his head smashed violently against the pavement at gunpoint, by seven squad cars of Alamosa Colorado law enforcement officers....... PS So, where was Scott going Monday night? He was on his way home from town... after buying supplies... for an upcoming job... which are hard to find... when you are self-employed... because you can't get a 'regular' job... without a social security number... which Scott believes is the Mark of the Beast ... .....but that is another story..... Lorraine called me to ask for our prayers Send all correspondence to Scott Malueg General Delivery Hooper Post Office Hooper, CO. 81136 E-Mail alamosaraider@law.com Alamosa County's Sheriff 1-719-589-6608 City of Alamosa Chief of Police 1-719-589-2548 UPDATE: FEBRUARY 26, 2000: SCOTT MALEUG AND FAMILY Scott was released from jail Thursday, February 24. I have learned that Lorraine's ordeal (A seven-month pregnant young mother & her five little children being held at GUNPOINT) caused her to go into premature labor, shortly after the incident. Labor has stopped and started several times, so please pray for the safety of the baby.... Note to God's People who try to live what you believe: It's reported that when asked about Scott, the judge said , "Scott isn't a criminal, he is just strange."