Jailed founder of Idaho patriot group sought release because of coronavirus pandemic – By John Sowell (Idaho Statesman) / April 29 2020
A former Meridian property manager jailed for bilking his clients invoked the coronavirus pandemic to ask a judge to issue him a get-out-of-jail-free card.
It didn’t do him any good. Ada County District Judge told Brandon Curtiss, founder and former president of the patriot group 3% of Idaho, that he could remain where he is.
Curtiss, 46, was sentenced in February to a year in the Ada County Jail. A lawyer for Curtiss told Barton that contracting the virus that causes COVID-19 would pose a life-threatening risk to his client.
“Mr. Curtiss is concerned about his health,” public defender Sean Wynn said in an April 10 hearing. “He’s got high blood pressure. He also has rheumatoid arthritis.”
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