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earlier indictments against them. Charges include multiple counts of conspiracy bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, false

claims, threats to public officials and weapons charges. A second indictment charges eight people with helping fugitives

escape arrest.

April 7, Washington: Gary Kuehnol, one of the seven Washington militia/freemen charged with conspiracy (see above),

pleads guilty to a charge of transferring a machine gun to a federal informer. He will not face new conspiracy charges as a

result of the agreement. Another participant, Caitlin Hansen, earlier pled guilty to obstruction of justice and was sentenced to

three years of probation. Six still await a new trial.

April 8, Montana: Pre-trial hearings begin for the Montana Freemen.

April 8, Washington: A Clark County, Washington, motorist is arrested with 2 loaded handguns, a bogus license plate, and a

concealed weapons "permit" issued by the "State Militia." Jed Carson was cited on suspicion of operating a vehicle with

illegal plates, carrying loaded weapons in a vehicle, driving without a license and failure to provide proof of insurance. The

plate read "SOV, 064-MNE, States of America united, America the Republic." His "sales contract" for his vehicle was from

the "British West Indies," a non-existent country.

April 11, New York: A jury convicts New York city police officer Jose Lugo on tax charges related to nonpayment of taxes on

$163,000 of income. Ten other police officers have been convicted on similar charges; four more are facing prosecution.

The officers apparently got the idea from Indiana militia leader Joe Holland and other tax protest leaders.

April 19, Idaho: New militia group forms in Idaho County, Idaho, called the "Idaho Mountain Boys." Its leader warns that if the

county enforces building codes, the militia will be ready to intervene.

April 20, Texas: Republic of Texas leader Richard McLaren vows war if authorities try to arrest him. "Once they make the

move," he says, 'we'll have millions of Americans on our side including every militia in the country. We're talking war

here."

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