http://www.nwherald.com/2013/12/03/sove ... s/a60xvlk/
[Anja] Hertel, who lives alone, posted an ad on Craigslist in August to rent out her spare bedroom.
A 73-year-old woman who called herself Jamie Pryce agreed to rent the room. Hertel described the ensuing months as the most difficult time of her life as she quickly realized she was dealing with more than just a combative and messy tenant, and was instead faced with a woman who has a warrant for her arrest in Wisconsin, is defiant of many U.S. laws and has a history of using frivolous lawsuits to rack up thousands in legal fees for her unsuspecting landlords.
Pryce’s real name is Marion F. Berntsen
Berntsen’s actions, along with the wording in many of the legal documents she files, is consistent with the behavior of a sovereign citizen, said Steve Olson, police chief in Fontana, Wis., where Berntsen has a warrant for her arrest and a lengthy rap sheet of similar frivolous lawsuits and traffic violations.
“[Marion Berntsen] has had extensive contact with our department,” Olson said. “She has an extremist view of the government … from my training on sovereign citizens, she appears to fit the description.”
When asked, after her Dec. 17 court appearance, if she was a sovereign citizen, Berntsen replied, “Of course. Aren’t you?”
Berntsen went on to explain how she follows “common law “ and it is her mission to inform “regular” people how to “get justice in the judicial system.” She declined to further elaborate on her views of the judicial system.
