'Sovereign citizen' found guilty of aggravated assault of public servant
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
By Steve Norder, Fort Worth Star Telegram
FORT WORTH -- After deliberating for almost three hours Tuesday, a Tarrant County jury convicted James Michael Tesi of assaulting a Colleyville police officer in a shootout outside Tesi's home in Hurst last year.
The seven women and five men found Tesi, a self-professed "sovereign citizen" who believes he is not subject to local, state and federal laws, guilty of aggravated assault on a public servant with a deadly weapon.
Testimony in the punishment phase of the trial began immediately. Tesi faces up to life in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Tesi, 49, who had been free on bail, was taken into custody.
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