Adam Wetstein (Photo courtesy of Baxter County Sheriff’s Office)
A petition filed to revoke the probation of a 32-year-old Mountain Home man has been dismissed by the state. The action was announced during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Monday.
The petition was filed in late August after Adam Wetstein was alleged to have violated the terms and conditions of his five-year probation sentence handed down in a 2017 Baxter County case.
Wetstein’s violations included being in possession of drug paraphernalia in late March in Washington County and not appearing in court on the revocation case.
According to electronic records, the Mountain Home office of Arkansas Community Corrections is supervising Wetstein. A probation officer in the local ACC office filed the revocation petition.
BAXTER COUNTY CASE
Wetstein was arrested in late June 2017 and charged with participating in the sale of a quantity of methamphetamine and three LSD tablets to a person working with law enforcement.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the actual buy took place in a residence identified as Wetstein’s.
The sale involved the confidential informant, Wetstein and a female who was reported to live in Wetstein’s residence.
Some time later, a search warrant was served by local authorities on the home where Wetstein and the female lived.
The search turned up a number of LSD tablets, along with paraphernalia commonly used to ingest or prepare and package drugs for sale.
Officers also located various items of marijuana related items, including wax, smoking pipes and bongs.
In addition, two loaded handguns were located in the bedroom occupied by Wetstein and the female. One of the firearms was reported to have part of the serial number removed.
Acting as his own attorney, Wetstein filed a quasi-legal document titled “Plea of General Demurrer” in mid-November that basically challenges the complaint in his case because he alleges “it fails to state sufficient facts to constitute a cause of action.”
Prior to the revocation petition’s dismissal, Wetstein wanted his case moved directly to the Arkansas Supreme Court. If that was not done on a voluntary basis by the circuit court, Wetstein said he will be “forced to file a writ of mandamus and prohibition” with the state’s highest court “to prevent any other damage of my unalienable rights and all secured liberties protected by the Arkansas Constitution.”
In the “pleading,” Wetstein identifies himself as a National of the United States of America, non-subject, non-resident, non-citizen, native Arkansan, and Natural Person.
The language in Wetstein’s “Plea of Demurrer” is difficult to follow and represents a convoluted reading of the law. It appears similar to that used by individuals in such groups as “Sovereign Citizens.”
Those involved in the SCM are reported to believe that they are not subject to laws the rest of us must obey.
They believe if government officials waste a sovereign’s time, they should reimburse the sovereign monetarily for the time. In Wetstein’s recent motion, he writes, “I pray to be dismissed with reasonable costs of my labor and service in this behalf sustained.”
He appears to ask the court to approve reimbursement for the time and effort he put into defending himself against the revocation of his probation.
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