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From the Canyon Courier (http://www.canyoncourier.com/articles/2004/10/28/news/news08.txt):
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Past sheriff candidate faces jail sentence
By Jonathan Ellis
A former candidate for Jefferson County sheriff faces six months in jail after a judge found him in contempt of court on Friday.
Rich Wyatt, a Wheat Ridge gun dealer who unsuccessfully ran for sheriff in 2002, has three months to pay his ex-wife nearly $90,000. Judge Chris Voisinet also ordered him to turn over two guns to the woman. Wyatt has three months to meet those obligations or spend six months in the county jail.
It could have been worse for Wyatt. George Johnson, his ex-wife's attorney, sought a second contempt charge related to 100 nude photographs of the ex, Rebecca Wyatt. Johnson argued that Wyatt had not returned all of the photographs despite a court order to do so. The photographs that Wyatt did turn over were scrawled with lewd comments.
Wyatt argued he did return all the pictures, which he called "pornographic nude photos."
Wyatt has been one of the more colorful politicians on the local scene. In 2002 he bought an ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who killed Osama bin Laden with one of his rifles. His website, www.gunsmoke
guns.com, features pictures of him with George W. Bush, John Elway and other celebrities.
Wyatt also favored loosening restrictions on concealed-carry laws, arguing that law-abiding citizens have the right to carry handguns virtually anywhere. Wyatt's Gunsmoke Gunsmithing store in Wheat Ridge offers training classes and African safaris.
In July 2002, a county judge ordered Wyatt to pay Rebecca Wyatt $4,100 a month. Wyatt was awarded two properties in Wheat Ridge during the divorce hearing.
However, Wyatt failed to make payments to Rebecca Wyatt. He told Voisinet on Friday that he didn't earn enough money to meet the $4,100 obligation.
"I'm not going to pay," he said. "There's no way. I don't have the money now, I didn't have it then."
Johnson countered that Wyatt had plenty of equity in the two Wheat Ridge properties to pay Rebecca Wyatt. He also produced bank statements from Wyatt's business showing he had more than enough money.
Wyatt and his attorney, David Gloss, argued that Wyatt's personal account and his business account were separate entities.
He also refused to hand over the two firearms to Rebecca Wyatt, saying he would violate federal law if he does. Wyatt said his ex-wife isn't eligible to own firearms under federal law and that his firearms' license would be in jeopardy if he gave her the guns.
Wyatt argued that Johnson and Rebecca Wyatt wanted to put him in jail to ruin his political career. Wyatt said Friday that he plans to run for sheriff again.
Friday's hearing was marked by bitterness between Wyatt and Johnson. Wyatt accused Johnson of throwing some of the nude photos in a court trashcan, and he demanded that Voisinet have Johnson arrested.
"I want him arrested for destruction of evidence," he told Voisinet.
Johnson called Wyatt a "scofflaw," and accused him of hiding his money with a fraudulent accounting system.
"He's a very, very aggressive, dishonest man," Johnson said.
In the end, Voisinet agreed with Johnson. He gave Wyatt three months to sell one of his properties to pay Rebecca Wyatt or go to jail.
"I'm going to give you an opportunity to get yourself out of this mess," Voisinet told Wyatt.
But when Voisinet told Wyatt to also turn over the firearms to Rebecca Wyatt by Jan. 22, 2005, Wyatt said he wouldn't and he stormed out of the courtroom.
From the Canyon Courier (http://www.canyoncourier.com/articles/2004/10/28/news/news08.txt):
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Past sheriff candidate faces jail sentence
By Jonathan Ellis
A former candidate for Jefferson County sheriff faces six months in jail after a judge found him in contempt of court on Friday.
Rich Wyatt, a Wheat Ridge gun dealer who unsuccessfully ran for sheriff in 2002, has three months to pay his ex-wife nearly $90,000. Judge Chris Voisinet also ordered him to turn over two guns to the woman. Wyatt has three months to meet those obligations or spend six months in the county jail.
It could have been worse for Wyatt. George Johnson, his ex-wife's attorney, sought a second contempt charge related to 100 nude photographs of the ex, Rebecca Wyatt. Johnson argued that Wyatt had not returned all of the photographs despite a court order to do so. The photographs that Wyatt did turn over were scrawled with lewd comments.
Wyatt argued he did return all the pictures, which he called "pornographic nude photos."
Wyatt has been one of the more colorful politicians on the local scene. In 2002 he bought an ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who killed Osama bin Laden with one of his rifles. His website, www.gunsmoke
guns.com, features pictures of him with George W. Bush, John Elway and other celebrities.
Wyatt also favored loosening restrictions on concealed-carry laws, arguing that law-abiding citizens have the right to carry handguns virtually anywhere. Wyatt's Gunsmoke Gunsmithing store in Wheat Ridge offers training classes and African safaris.
In July 2002, a county judge ordered Wyatt to pay Rebecca Wyatt $4,100 a month. Wyatt was awarded two properties in Wheat Ridge during the divorce hearing.
However, Wyatt failed to make payments to Rebecca Wyatt. He told Voisinet on Friday that he didn't earn enough money to meet the $4,100 obligation.
"I'm not going to pay," he said. "There's no way. I don't have the money now, I didn't have it then."
Johnson countered that Wyatt had plenty of equity in the two Wheat Ridge properties to pay Rebecca Wyatt. He also produced bank statements from Wyatt's business showing he had more than enough money.
Wyatt and his attorney, David Gloss, argued that Wyatt's personal account and his business account were separate entities.
He also refused to hand over the two firearms to Rebecca Wyatt, saying he would violate federal law if he does. Wyatt said his ex-wife isn't eligible to own firearms under federal law and that his firearms' license would be in jeopardy if he gave her the guns.
Wyatt argued that Johnson and Rebecca Wyatt wanted to put him in jail to ruin his political career. Wyatt said Friday that he plans to run for sheriff again.
Friday's hearing was marked by bitterness between Wyatt and Johnson. Wyatt accused Johnson of throwing some of the nude photos in a court trashcan, and he demanded that Voisinet have Johnson arrested.
"I want him arrested for destruction of evidence," he told Voisinet.
Johnson called Wyatt a "scofflaw," and accused him of hiding his money with a fraudulent accounting system.
"He's a very, very aggressive, dishonest man," Johnson said.
In the end, Voisinet agreed with Johnson. He gave Wyatt three months to sell one of his properties to pay Rebecca Wyatt or go to jail.
"I'm going to give you an opportunity to get yourself out of this mess," Voisinet told Wyatt.
But when Voisinet told Wyatt to also turn over the firearms to Rebecca Wyatt by Jan. 22, 2005, Wyatt said he wouldn't and he stormed out of the courtroom.
