And it was a really one!
Posted on 12/04/2009 2:44:04 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
Jeremy Engelking will appear in Douglas County court this afternoon to face a trespassing charge. But here’s the kicker: The Superior man allegedly trespassed on his own property.
Engelking, 27, aimed to hunt deer Wednesday morning when he noticed a pipeline crew on his land. He hopped on his ATV and told workers they had no right to be on his property because he had received no compensation from Enbridge Energy Partners L.P. for an easement.
Engelking said workers told him he was in an unsafe place and asked him to come to an equipment staging area, where he continued to argue his case.
But just as he was turning to leave, Engelking said an officer from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department arrived on the scene and approached with a Taser drawn.
“He ordered me to 'get down on the ground now!' And he said that I was being arrested for trespassing,” Engelking said.
When Engelking protested, pointing out that he was on his own property, he said Sgt. Robert Smith told him: “It doesn’t matter. You’re going to jail. You can tell it to a judge tomorrow.”
(Excerpt) Read more at duluthnewstribune.com ...
Trespassing was most likely the wrong charge disorderly conduct most likely would have fit better.
It is an easment with a legal requirement of notification of the land owner to use. The utility workers were legally required to leave until the conditions of the easment had been met.
Thank you for playing.
Read the article next time.
It does appear the easement holder and the landholder had been notifying each other quite a bit in the immediate past.
This is a dispute between a landowner and an easement holder over MONEY, not over RIGHTS BEING TRAMPLED.
The family refused payment for the easement. So the next step would be for Enbridge Energy Partners L.P. to file a suit in court for easement access and let the judge sort it out.
That the idiot sheriff’s deputy arrested him is cause for a major lawsuit against the moron sheriff. The energy company was clearly trespassing and the man had every right to question them.
The sh*thead deputy should be fired immediately for obeying a clearly illegal order by whomever gave it. I’m assuming the moron sheriff. That he arrested this man on his own property, for me, is clear grounds for suing this deputy into the poorhouse. The sheriff needs to be arrested for giving an illegal order and trespassing on the man’s individual rights in his property.
We have to remember, though, that the Duluth area is infested with the putrid offspring of proto-socialists who arrived here between 1890 and 1920 during the great immigration invasion from red flag waving eastern Europe.
These 20 million proto-Marxists from Europe were enough to push through the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th amendments in our constitution. Thank Woodrow KKK Wilson and the swine oligarch bankers in New York City. The nascent communist and anarchist unions and that ugly old pig Mother Jones destroyed countless great American companies, including the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.
This era began the socialist movement in America and provides bread crumbs to trace back why we’re suffering under that ghetto fascist pig obuma.
What pisses me off is that each succeeding generation from 1910 onward didn’t do squat to prevent this Marxist take-over of America.
We had a good shot of removing all these Marxist pigs when Sen. McCarthy exposed them and America was filled with hard-core combat veterans who fought in WW II. Instead, hardly anyone defended McCarthy and let him slide into oblivion.
Then the so-called “Greatest Generation” voted overwhelmingly for that swine LBJ and his fascist “Great Society.”
As you can see, I’m not too fond of the “Greatest Generation.” They removed the threat of fascism and communism in Europe, and then allowed it to blossum and grow here.
Okay, end of rant.
This is not a public utility like a power company with transmission lines. It is a private corporation which runs a pipeline, likely for natural gas or gasoline.
-PJ
According to court documents, Enbridge sent a $15,000 check to Jerry Engelking and also tried to hand-deliver payments, but Engelking refused to accept them.
Sounds like Engelking was looking for a fight.
They did notify him.
Thank you for playing. Read the article next time.
Actually, Superior and Douglas County are in Wisconsin.
I hate the “greatest generation” for raising the baby boomer idiots
“According to court documents, Enbridge sent a $15,000 check to Jerry Engelking and also tried to hand-deliver payments, but Engelking refused to accept them. Sounds like Engelking was looking for a fight.”
The property owner can refuse payment for easement to his property. The next step is for the company to file a suit in court. Then the court sorts it out.
“Engelking was looking for a fight.” Yeh, it’s called freedom.
You obviously have no understanding of property rights or the legal process. No wonder we’re in deep sh*t. How about you take a hike to the time machine and go settle in fascist Germany.
Plus, the judge reversed an injunction he'd granted earlier to the landowner, right?
And, the easement holder had notified the landowner earlier, right?
The landowner wants more money for "changes" the easement holder proposes which will require an adjustment in the easement (documents and space needed, or just documents?).
This stuff happens all the time.
We have a gas line company with a 72" line running through this community according to the list of easements on the deed addenda. It was something like a piece of the original "Big Inch". The actual line, according to guys who've seen it, is a teeny-tiny 36" system ~ whatever that means ~ whatever, when this sucker blows out everybody will know it.
About 15 years ago they were planning to build a bridge over nearby I-95, underwhich this line runs. Lo and behold I noted to the engineers at a public hearing that the main bridge supports were coming down directly on top of the pipeline.
I was assured the line would be "relocated". In the end, the road and bridge were relocated. It was further discovered that I-95 was missing the masonry work necessary to pass over this line, so beaucoup millions of bucks were spent redoing the whole mess.
In general highway departments do not adjust their roads to avoid major gas lines. On the other hand, they adjust everything to avoid relocating any of the great transcontinental pipeline main links.
My few minutes at that hearing helped the highway folks avoid a disaster, and tapped the taxpayers wallets for maybe $75 million!
“I hate the “greatest generation” for raising the baby boomer idiots”
Let’s be specific and on target: I hate the “greatest generation” for raising the LIBERAL baby boomer idiots
Okay?
How about you learn some manners.
AP St.Paul. Today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court has declared the entire state of Minnesota to be condemned so that Pfizer can take over ownership and control. All inhabitants of Minnesota will be required to leave by December 24th. All inns in the state will be closed. It is anticipated that many Minnesotans will return to Scandinavia or simply kill themselves. Pfizer said in a statement released earlier today that they may or may not ever use the land.
I am surprised about the notification. Thank you for correcting me. Next time try not to be such an ass about it.
Actually, I know.
The Wisconsin border counties adjacent to Minnesota are usually included when I do a Minnesota PING.
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