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the 476-acre property. The residents have left, although members are still running a
website and an Atlanta bookstore. ―As far as I‘m concerned, it‘s over. He‘s gone, and he
was the ringleader,‖ says County Commissioner Sandra Adams.
A neighbor says he thinks York was targeted for conviction on child molestation charges by
white authorities who were hostile to the Nuwaubians because they were mostly black.
(icwales [UK], Internet, 10/31/04)
New Trial Denied
A federal judge has denied a request for a new trial by Malachi York, head of the United
Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, now serving a 135-year sentence following his conviction in
January on charges he regularly molested children in the group‘s rural Georgia commune,
and elsewhere. (AP in Macon Telegraph, Internet, 8/17/04)
Harassing Lawsuits
An expert on ―sovereign citizen‖ movements says that some dozen lawsuits brought by
Nuwaubians against Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills are part of a strategy commonly
employed by certain extremist groups. Sovereign citizenship believers reject government
control, and most laws. The Nuwaubian settlement has been in conflict with local, state, and
federal authorities for a number of years. (Gary Tanner, Macon Telegraph, Internet,
7/12/04)
Government Can Take Group’s Property
Responding to a 2003 federal lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Ashley Royal has given the
government the go-ahead to seize $1.7 million in cash and property tied to the United
Nuwaubian Nation of Moors and the group‘s leader, Dwight York, convicted earlier this
year on multiple counts of child molestation. The property includes the group‘s 476-acre
compound in rural Putnam County, GA, and a home in Athens, GA. Proceeds from the sale
of the property will go to law enforcement agencies that worked on the case. (Sharon
Crawford, Macon Telegraph, Internet, 7/15/04)
Members Disqualified to Run for Office
Two members of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors have been disqualified as
candidates for the Putnam County, GA, Commission and county Sheriff, one because of a
1976 conviction for shoplifting, the other because the three-member panel certifying
candidates said he did not meet the residency requirement. Nuwaubian leader Dwight
Malachi York was recently convicted of molesting children in the group‘s rural compound.
(AP, Internet, 5/27/04)
York Followers Quit Jobs in Protest
Seven Macon, GA, police officers, saying they are supporters of United Nuwaubian
Nation of Moors leader Malichi York, who was recently convicted of systematic child
molestation, have resigned, accusing Mayor Jack Ellis of refusing to help them fight a
―conspiracy‖ against York. The officers say local authorities refuse to consider new
information that proves York innocent. The city counsel says there is nothing Macon can do
because York‘s is a federal case. (Sharon E. Crawford, Macon Telegraph, Internet, 4/27/04)
York Sentenced to 135 Years
United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors leader Dwight Malachi York has been sentenced to
135 years in prison for molesting boys and girls in the group‘s Georgia compound. The
messiah figure allegedly used older girls to recruit younger ones for sex and then gave
presents to those who pleased him and punished those who did not. (Elliott C. McLaughlin,
AP, Internet, 4/23/04)
the 476-acre property. The residents have left, although members are still running a
website and an Atlanta bookstore. ―As far as I‘m concerned, it‘s over. He‘s gone, and he
was the ringleader,‖ says County Commissioner Sandra Adams.
A neighbor says he thinks York was targeted for conviction on child molestation charges by
white authorities who were hostile to the Nuwaubians because they were mostly black.
(icwales [UK], Internet, 10/31/04)
New Trial Denied
A federal judge has denied a request for a new trial by Malachi York, head of the United
Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, now serving a 135-year sentence following his conviction in
January on charges he regularly molested children in the group‘s rural Georgia commune,
and elsewhere. (AP in Macon Telegraph, Internet, 8/17/04)
Harassing Lawsuits
An expert on ―sovereign citizen‖ movements says that some dozen lawsuits brought by
Nuwaubians against Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills are part of a strategy commonly
employed by certain extremist groups. Sovereign citizenship believers reject government
control, and most laws. The Nuwaubian settlement has been in conflict with local, state, and
federal authorities for a number of years. (Gary Tanner, Macon Telegraph, Internet,
7/12/04)
Government Can Take Group’s Property
Responding to a 2003 federal lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Ashley Royal has given the
government the go-ahead to seize $1.7 million in cash and property tied to the United
Nuwaubian Nation of Moors and the group‘s leader, Dwight York, convicted earlier this
year on multiple counts of child molestation. The property includes the group‘s 476-acre
compound in rural Putnam County, GA, and a home in Athens, GA. Proceeds from the sale
of the property will go to law enforcement agencies that worked on the case. (Sharon
Crawford, Macon Telegraph, Internet, 7/15/04)
Members Disqualified to Run for Office
Two members of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors have been disqualified as
candidates for the Putnam County, GA, Commission and county Sheriff, one because of a
1976 conviction for shoplifting, the other because the three-member panel certifying
candidates said he did not meet the residency requirement. Nuwaubian leader Dwight
Malachi York was recently convicted of molesting children in the group‘s rural compound.
(AP, Internet, 5/27/04)
York Followers Quit Jobs in Protest
Seven Macon, GA, police officers, saying they are supporters of United Nuwaubian
Nation of Moors leader Malichi York, who was recently convicted of systematic child
molestation, have resigned, accusing Mayor Jack Ellis of refusing to help them fight a
―conspiracy‖ against York. The officers say local authorities refuse to consider new
information that proves York innocent. The city counsel says there is nothing Macon can do
because York‘s is a federal case. (Sharon E. Crawford, Macon Telegraph, Internet, 4/27/04)
York Sentenced to 135 Years
United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors leader Dwight Malachi York has been sentenced to
135 years in prison for molesting boys and girls in the group‘s Georgia compound. The
messiah figure allegedly used older girls to recruit younger ones for sex and then gave
presents to those who pleased him and punished those who did not. (Elliott C. McLaughlin,
AP, Internet, 4/23/04)
