From: "A Voice for Children" <avoice@mtangel.net>
Date: Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:05 pm
Subject: CARL KLANG, PATRIOT MUSICIAN RELEASED FROM COUNTY JAIL
The Casper Star Tribune
http://www.casperstartribune.net/
'Christian patriot' singer released from Wyoming jail after two months
http://ap.trib.com/wire_detail.php?wire_num=132107
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) - A self-described ''Christian patriot'' musician was
ordered released from a county jail after being held for two months while a
mental evaluation was performed.
Carl Klang, 50, of Boulder, Colo., pleaded guilty to one count of property
destruction at a hearing Friday in Sheridan Circuit Court.
Officials said extra law enforcement was on hand at the Friday trial after the
jail and Sheridan County attorney's office received hundreds of calls from
Klang's fans - some of them threatening - asking why he had been kept in jail so
long.
Klang was arrested Dec. 4 for disorderly conduct/provoking a fight. That charge
was later dismissed, but Klang was ordered held after he tore up his jail
uniform and destroyed a mattress and light fixture the day he was booked into
the Sheridan County Detention Center.
At Klang's initial court appearance in December, Sheridan Circuit Judge John
Sampson entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of the defendant and ordered he be
held without bond pending the outcome of a mental evaluation.
Court records state the evaluation was ordered because Klang threatened to kill
police officers and himself and at one point requested a ''suicide assist by
police.''
Klang was evaluated by staffers from the Wyoming State Hospital in Evanston, who
found he was capable of participating in Friday's court hearing, and said he
wasn't suffering from a ''major mental illness.''
In earlier letters to the court, Klang said he suffered from bipolar disorder
and had been off his medication for about two months prior to his arrest.
Sheridan Circuit Court Magistrate Hardy Tate said in court it was unfortunate
that Klang was held in jail so long.
Klang, who held his head down throughout much of the hearing, said little in
court, responding to Tate's questions in a quiet voice with short, direct
answers, including ''Yes'' and ''No.''
Tate gave Klang credit for 71 days served in jail and ordered him to pay $80 in
court fees and $229 in restitution.
Klang describes himself as a ''Christian patriot'' musician who has produced
such CDs as ''Extremist Won'' and ''Extremist Too.''
Klang's Web site urged followers to contact the Sheridan County Detention Center
and request that ''America's number one Christian patriot musician'' be released
from jail.
Carl Klang Music Ministries
http://www.klang.com/
AP-WS-02-14-04 2209EST
Previous article:
"Christian Patriot" appears in court today
http://www.kotatv.com/localnews/story.asp?ID=18092
2/13/2004
Associated Press
Self-described ``Christian patriot'' singer Carl Klang appears in court in
Sheridan today.
Klang is accused of destroying a light fixture at the county jail.
Klang has been in the jail in Sheridan since December fourth.
That's when he was arrested for allegedly getting drunk and picking a fight with
employees of the Best Western where he was staying after his car broke down.
The original charge has been dismissed, but Klang still faces one count of
misdemeanor property destruction for the jail incident.
Followers of Klang contend he is being held unfairly.
Klang has produced C-Ds including ``Extremist Won'' and ``Extremist Too'' and
songs like ``I want to be an Extremist,'' and ``We Ain't Gonna Fight for the
(New World Order).''
AP-WS-02-14-04 2209EST
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