Wash. 'Sovereigns' Arrested After SWAT Standoff

Spokane County (Wash.) Sheriff's SWAT officers arrested two sovereign citizens who refused to exit their truck after a nearly three-hour standoff in Otis Orchards on Wednesday.

The incident began after a sheriff's detective spotted a red truck with an invalid license plate. A sheriff's deputy and Liberty Lake officer provided backup, and the three officers pulled over the vehicle at North Starr Road and East Kildea Road, reports the Spokesman Review .

Michael Francis Hicks, 55, and David Ray Galland, 58, refused to exit the vehicle and were eventually taken into custody after SWAT officers cut them from their seatbelts.