September 3, 2010 in City

White supremacist in gun, ID theft probe to stay in jail

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A judge today ordered a white supremacist and convicted felon charged with unlawfully possessing two assault rifles and a handgun to stay in custody pending trial.

Wayde Lynn Kurt, 52, also is suspected of using counterfeit identification cards to obtain a post office box and order merchandise from a gun store.

He’s been in Spokane County Jail since his arrest on Monday.

Now he’ll stay there without bail after U.S. Magistrate Cynthia Imbrogno ruled he was a flight risk and a danger to the community because of his history of failing to show up for court and disobeying court orders.

Assistant U.S Attorney Earl Hicks described Kurt as a “known white supremacist” and “perpetual criminal” when arguing for Kurt’s detainment Thursday in U.S. District Court.

Kurt has fled law enforcement many times and once rammed a police vehicle, then tried escaping federal custody by removing screws from a jail cell window, Hicks said. He’s also one of the few people with a federal conviction for failing to appear in court in the Eastern District of Washington.

The arrest is the latest for a convicted currency counterfeiter whose experience with the criminal justice system dates back to at least 1988, when he was acquitted of murder in Snohomish County.

He was under investigation for counterfeiting when he removed a government tracking device from his car in 2004, then hid it in a storage unit he’d rented under a fake identification, Hicks said.

An FBI agent testified in court Thursday that because of Kurt’s criminal history and penchant for guns, he didn’t give the suspect chance to surrender Monday.

“I tackled him, rolled him over, and placed him in the vehicle,” said FBI agent Joseph Cleary. “I did not want him to get in his vehicle and drive away.”

Kurt has pleaded not guilty to a single charge of felon in possession of a firearm.

13 comments on this story so far. Add yours!

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  MrNatural on September 03 at 11:40 a.m.

  Gee…why isn’t he on the November ballot?

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  spokanecougar on September 03 at 1:02 p.m.

  Mr. Natural, he isn’t crazy enough for the Tea Baggers.

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  force_vector on September 03 at 1:29 p.m.

  Give me a break. An article about some nut job Klan freak is a segway to politics? I think some people just like the term Tea Bagger. I wonder why? Perhaps it brings back fond memories of the night before? Believe it or not, but some things have nothing to do with partisan politics, and this is story is one of them. Perhaps the “crazy” ones are those who believe otherwise.

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  MrNatural on September 03 at 1:55 p.m.

  “It’s a joke son…just a joke…I say wheres your sense a humor son…boy’s about as funny as a sack o wet mice”

  — Foghorn Leghorn

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  force_vector on September 03 at 2:03 p.m.

  Well in that case…”ba deep ba deep ba deep, that’s all folks”

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  misjustice on September 03 at 4:23 p.m.

  toobad; the dry cleaners called, your sheets are ready to be picked up! Geez, could you make your racism any more clear; President Barack Hussein Obama is the “end word”? Really? That all ya got? Wow, aren’t you the clever one?

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  spokanecougar on September 03 at 4:27 p.m.

  Wow, someone takes life a little to serious.

  Don’t get your panties all in a bunch you little tea bagger.

  Fond memories of the night before…..hahaha….yea….you know you enjoyed it when I was tea bagging you…..HAHAHA. :-)

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  misjustice on September 03 at 4:30 p.m.

  I regret repeating what toobad2 said. My bad…

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  force_vector on September 03 at 8:29 p.m.

  skokanecougar - you are exactly what I’d expect from WSU, and one of the thousands of reasons I chose to get my degree elsewhere. Moron.

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  spokanecougar on September 03 at 8:47 p.m.

  HAHAHAHA……I am a moron…..dude, read your first statement. I am responding to your idiotic statement. If you cannot handle someone giving back what you are giving, stop posting you little whiny baby.

  Unless you got your degree at like Harvard, Stanford or Columbia or something like that your college degree is just the same as mine.

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  misjustice on September 03 at 8:54 p.m.

  Actually, I prefer the term Teagaggers; because they make me want to gag (throw up)…when they spout their racist, Jethro, jingoistic slogans. But that’s just me! LMFAO! ; )

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  carolynl on September 04 at 3:16 p.m.

  Keep it civil in here, guys.

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  partyanimal_151 on September 09 at 3:07 p.m.

  Wow it’s amazing how they get all of this bullsh**t info from. obviously they didnt do their research i worked with the guy. Great guy trying to do good, and makes a mistake, who u gonna believe. all these reporters who jump on any thing like a b*tch in heat to get a good article,