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Feds quash tax evaders' Plainfield "Freedom Fest" Associated
Press Authorities did their best to quash a festival and get-together at the hilltop compound of convicted tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown of Plainfield (New Hampshire). Local, state and federal officers set up a checkpoint on the way to the Browns' home, handing out fliers to motorists warning them of a court order and possible criminal charges if they tried to go any farther. U.S. Marshal Stephen Monier says officers turned about 20 vehicles. They detained one person who tried to get past the barricade and seized one car over an expired registration.
The Browns were convicted of federal tax evasion in January and are refusing to report for prison sentences. They claim there is no law requiring payment of federal taxes.
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