Schaeffer Cox was an unsuccessful Republican primary challenger for Alaska state House of Representatives. He got a respectable 37% of the vote in the primary. He was also involved in Ron Paul’s campaign for the presidency. He was very active in gun rights and was one of the founders of the Fairbanks Second Amendment Task Force. He is now in prison for conspiracy in a wild plan to kill several people.
He first got in trouble with the law for domestic violence. Originally he was charged with second-degree assault after his wife claimed he hit and choked her. He pled guilty to reckless endangerment in a deal for two years probation and a one-month suspended sentence.
A few weeks later he showed up while police were following up on a 911 call that hung up. The homeowner said no one called 911, but police can do a walk-through when there is a 911 hangup without a search warrant. The homeowner called Cox who showed up with a bulletproof vest and weapons. He was arrested and barred from having weapons.
He became paranoid and said there was a hit squad dispatched to kill him and his family but asserted he had 3500 who would defend him and kill them. He said this on the radio. He then met with his militia’s leaders and set out a plan of retaliation to kill police and federal officials and burn government buildings. They bought grenades and other weapons. But an FBI informant was recording everything. He was arrested and convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to 26 years. He has appealed all the way to the Supreme Court but they didn’t take up his case.
- Pacific Standard: The Peacemaker
- Fairbanks News Miner: The Schaeffer Cox File
- Fairbanks News-Miner: Fairbanks militia leader sentenced to 26 years in prison, apologizes
- Schaeffer Cox: This is his personal website making his argument for release
08 May 2012