Darren Wesley Huff, Georgia Birther, Sentenced For Plan To Take Over Tennessee Courthouse

Darren Wesley Huff, of Dallas, Ga., arrives for his trial on gun charges Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Knoxville, Tenn. Huff allegedly traveled in April 2010 to the Monroe County Courthouse with a handgun and an AK-47 to serve a "citizens' arrest warrant" on local judges and other officials. (AP Photo/The Knoxville News Sentinel, J. Miles Cary)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A Georgia man who boasted of a plan to take over a Tennessee courthouse in his quest to oust public officials has been sentenced to four years in prison for transporting firearms across state lines with intent to cause a civil disorder.

The U.S. attorney's office said in a release that 42-year-old Darren Wesley Huff of Dallas, Ga., was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Knoxville. He was convicted on a federal firearms charge last October.

Huff was armed with a handgun and an assault rifle in April 2010 when he and others arrived in Madisonville, between Knoxville and Chattanooga.

Huff testified during his trial that he was supporting a local resident in trying to arrest local officials but said he didn't intend to take over the courthouse.

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Comments

[willowraven]

09:24 AM on 05/28/2012

Well at least he is locked up, One down and on to AZ!!

[TBrennan]

01:48 AM on 05/18/2012

Teabagging birthers are not patriots, they are much closer to seditious traitors.

[southred]

09:38 PM on 05/17/2012

I believe this is Rush Limbaugh's brother...hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Judy75201]

08:02 PM on 05/17/2012

Is he related to JT Ready?

[Mangione]

07:40 PM on 05/17/2012

Georgia's "Bay of Pigs" against Tennessee is thwarted! They're still mad that we have more water than Atlanta.

[observer42]

04:28 PM on 05/29/2012

Wait until the next drouth. They may have lost the lawsuit to take the Tennessee River, but they've still schemeing!

[Politidelic]

06:11 PM on 05/17/2012

And his plan would have worked perfectly if not for those meddling kids!

[lisaman]

12:46 PM on 05/17/2012

Ha ha!

[jdug]

04:19 PM on 05/16/2012

Remember the "I don't support that n...... in the white house" sign just outside of Dallas a couple of weeks ago? I'll bet these two are real buds.

[kareemachan]

02:37 PM on 05/16/2012

FTA:

'Huff testified during his trial that he was supporting a local resident in trying to arrest local officials but said he didn't intend to take over the courthouse.'

Oh well, that's okay then.

[snark off]

[Kailuabred]

12:45 PM on 05/16/2012

This "tough" guy will find out prison is difficult for white chubbies!

[rich3324]

11:09 PM on 05/17/2012

He will be hooking up with the AN.

[HuffGeist]

05:14 AM on 05/18/2012

Exactly, and they'll probably succeed in making him even more dangerous, if that's even possible.

[Milwaukeetj1]

10:38 AM on 05/16/2012

That situation sounds like a great case of adhd.

[thike]

12:46 AM on 05/16/2012

so he feels that he has the right to "arrest", most of us would call it intimidate, public officials if they don't do what he wants. Tea Party people seem to forget what a democracy really is...

[davidb1959]

07:34 PM on 05/17/2012

Really then please explain why the best 40 years of growth and economic prosperity occurred while "leftists" like FDR were leading this country. We had 40 years of a Democratically controlled Congress until Reagan and darned if that isn't the time most harken back to as "The Good Old Days" like when CEO"s only out earned the average worker 25 to 1 instead of 427 to 1 as Reagan's trickle down idiocy led us into.
Give me your paypal account name I'll send you $10 to buy a clue

[willowraven]

09:28 AM on 05/28/2012

Why is it what the Goper/bags are in power it's "DEMOCRACY", but when the Dem's are in power it not???

[Andrea Doria]

11:37 PM on 05/15/2012

I bet he's a member of MENSA.

[bellabeach]

06:24 AM on 05/16/2012

LOLOL....yes I am sure he is and fanned you!

[margoharris]

11:19 PM on 05/15/2012

The good thing is that guys like this will always end up either de ad or in jail. It is only a matter of time and we can just pray that no innocent person is harmed by this dumsmuck.

[lithium12]

10:24 PM on 05/15/2012

ok are we sure he did not think the courthouse was all you can eat buffet? and I am thinking that beard will make his mouth really popular in jail..........