A “sovereign citizen” was sentenced for making a fraudulent $50 million lien claim against Orange County judges.
The so-called “sovereign citizen” was sentenced to more than 70 years in prison for targeting two Orange County Circuit Court judges with a fraudulent claim of a $50 million lien against their property. 38-year-old Jareca T. Sumter, was also barred from filing any “instrument” in any official record without prior review and approval by a judge.
A Central Florida jury recently convicted Sumter of two counts of fraudulent use of personal identification information with fraud in excess of $100,000 and two counts of unlawful filing of false documents against real or personal property. Seminole County prosecutors Stacey Salmons, Domenick Leo and Jennie Hayes were specially assigned to try the case in Orange County to avoid any conflicts of interest, as was the Polk County circuit judge who presided…