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State Senate Candidate Booked for Sexual Assault
The Libertarian candidate running for the State Senate seat vacated by Iowa Senator-Elect Joni Ernst has been booked for 3rd Degree Sexual Assault.
Donald Brantz, 69, is also charged with 3rd Degree Assault, Disturbing the Peace, and Interfering with Public Service Commission (each charge he faces is a misdemeanor - including the Sexual Assault).
Bellevue Police say Brantz is accused of inappropriately touching a woman, threatening to choke her, and then disconnecting the line when the victim called 911.
The incident allegedly happened in Bellevue. Brantz lives in Glenwood, Iowa.
Brantz was arrested in October and shortly bonded out. He is set to appear in court for a pretrial conference tomorrow.
Brantz was nominated by the Libertarian Party of Iowa to run for Joni Ernst's old seat. The special election is set for December 30th.
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State Senate Candidate Booked for Sexual Assault
Candidate for Joni Ernst's vacant Iowa Senate seat is facing sexual abuse charges
BELLEVUE, NE (KTIV) - The Libertarian candidate running for U.S. Senate-Elect Joni Ersnt's open Iowa Senate seat is being charged with sexual assault.
Bellevue, Nebraska Police say 69-year-old Donald Brantz inappropriately touched a woman in Bellevue and threatened to choke her.
He also disconnected her phone line when she attempted to call 911.
Brantz is charged with 3rd Degree Sexual Assault, 3rd Degree Assault, Disturbing the Peace, and Interfering with Public Service Commission, all misdemeanors.
Brantz was arrested in October and shortly bonded out, and is set to appear in court Friday.
He was nominated by the Libertarian Party of Iowa to run for Joni Ernst's old seat.
The special election is set for December 30th.
Brantz lives in Glenwood, Iowa.
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Candidate for Joni Ernst's vacant Iowa Senate seat is facing sexual abuse charges
LiveLeak com The Recap Libertarian News for the Week of Nov 16th – Video
LiveLeak com The Recap Libertarian News for the Week of Nov 16th
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LiveLeak com The Recap Libertarian News for the Week of Nov 16th - Video
'Super Dell' Disrupts Hearing On Charges Of Chasing An Endangered Owl
Tue, Dec 16, 2014
Dell "Super Dell" Schanze was making his first appearance in court for allegedly chasing an endangered owl with his powered paraglider recently, and it did not go particularly well for the former TV pitchman and Libertarian candidate for Governor in Utah.
Schanze overheard the judge order a defendant in a previous case to give up all his private guns as a condition of his release from jail. "That's totally unconstitutional," Schanze said in the courtroom.
The judge, U.S. Magistrate Brook Wells, ordered him to be quiet, but when he continued to object, he was removed from the court and brought back in handcuffs and with a chain around his waist, according to a report in the Deseret News.
He reportedly became more cooperative after that.
It also cost Schanze all of his guns. After learning that Schanze has "strong feelings" about the second amendment from Prosecutor Jared Bennett, the judge ordered him to remove all the guns from his house or go to jail. Wells also suggested Schanze look for a job after he asserted that he was broke, and to have his mental health evaluated.
Schanze blamed the media for costing him his business. He said the case should be dismissed because "it's all based on a fake YouTube video." That video allegedly shows Scanze chasing an endangered owl in his powered paraglider two years ago. The powered paraglider community sharply criticized the actions saying it reflected poorly on them all, and asked for the investigation.
If convicted of using an aircraft to harass wildlife, Schanze faces a $100,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
(Image from YouTube Video)
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'Super Dell' Disrupts Hearing On Charges Of Chasing An Endangered Owl