http://www.examiner.com/x-11711-Cuyahog ... ore-a-jury
Bruce Birinyi, 44, of Cleveland, was indicted on charges of criminal non-support for owing approximately $38,000 to his two sons.
Bruce Birinyi considers himself to be a “freeman/sovereign citizen.”
Birinyi ... refused to come to the defense table. The judge held him in contempt of court and ordered him to be arrested.
When a sheriff’s deputy attempted to arrest the defendant in the court room, he resisted arrest. The deputy in trying to apprehend him fractured a rib as they both fell to the floor. Bruce Birinyi was indicted on charges pertaining to the assault on a peace officer, resisting arrest, and obstructing official business.
Bruce Birinyi went to trial representing himself before Judge Peter Corrigan on both cases. On July 9, 2010, after a four day trial, the jury found him guilty of two counts of criminal non-support, two counts of assault on a peace officer, one count of resisting arrest, and one count of obstructing official business. He faces 3-1/2 years in prison. This was the first criminal non-support jury trial.
