On Thursday, Schanze was sitting in the front row of the public section of Salt Lake Citys federal courtroom waiting for his first appearance on two misdemeanor wildlife charges while a court hearing was in progress in another case. <\/p>\n
Wells had just told a man with a lengthy arrest record on drug charges, and who was currently in court for alleged possession of stolen ammunition, that she would release him from custody pending his trial but he had to agree not to possess dangerous weapons or ammunition. If he was going to live with his father as planned, then the father also had to remove those items from his home, Wells said. <\/p>\n
That prompted Schanze to stand up and interrupt. <\/p>\n
\"Your honor thats totally unconstitutional,\" he said. \"How can you force his father to take his weapons from his house?\" <\/p>\n
Wells told Schanze to sit down and be quiet, but he persisted and was removed from the courtroom. <\/p>\n
When his case was called, Schanze was brought back with his cuffed behind him. Wells asked Schanze if he wished to have a court-appointed attorney. <\/p>\n
\"I would move to dismiss the case,\" he said, adding that the video on which his case is based was doctored. <\/p>\n
Wells told him that was improper at this stage of his case, and then she and Schanze went back and forth over a financial statement he provided in order to qualify for a court-appointed attorney. <\/p>\n
Schanze said he didnt know what his total income was since his wife keeps separate accounts. After more exchanges, during which Wells warned Schanze to only answer questions and not interrupt, he finally agreed that his financial statement was an accurate accounting of his income. <\/p>\n
That settled, an attorney was appointed and Schanze pleaded not guilty to knowingly using an aircraft to harass wildlife and pursuing a migratory bird from his paraglider near Utah Lake in 2011, incidents that showed up on videos posted on YouTube. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Here is the original post: <\/p>\n
'Super Dell' handcuffed after interrupting federal judge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday, Schanze was sitting in the front row of the public section of Salt Lake Citys federal courtroom waiting for his first appearance on two misdemeanor wildlife charges while a court hearing was in progress in another case. Wells had just told a man with a lengthy arrest record on drug charges, and who was currently in court for alleged possession of stolen ammunition, that she would release him from custody pending his trial but he had to agree not to possess dangerous weapons or ammunition. Continue reading