Anderson vehicular homicide suspect files lien against judge (TN)
June 03, 2016
By Bob Fowler
Knoxville News Sentinel
CLINTON — Arraignment for a man accused of killing one person and injuring 11 others in a driving incident after a 4th of July fireworks show was abruptly halted Friday because the man has filed an $8 million lien against the presiding judge's property.
A furious Anderson County Criminal Court Judge Don Elledge told Lee Cromwell he was recusing himself from the case and would ask the state's Administrative Office of the Courts to appoint a special judge to preside.
Elledge said he couldn't be fair and impartial after Cromwell, who calls himself a sovereign citizen, filed the lien against him.
Elledge also told Cromwell he would "do everything legally and ethically possible to prosecute him, both criminally and civilly," as a result of the lien ...
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