• Read the charging documents.
FAIRBANKS — The founder of the local Second Amendment Task Force allegedly choked his wife following a verbal altercation last week.
Court documents obtained Tuesday detail the circumstances of the arrest of Schaeffer Cox, 26, on a charge of second-degree assault, a class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Cox’s wife told Alaska State Troopers that the couple and their young son were on their way to Anchorage Thursday when they began to argue. The argument escalated, and Cox punched the woman in the arm, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.
It was unclear if Cox was driving or pulled over at the time of the alleged assault.
She told Cox that if he ever touched her like that again, she would leave him and take their son. Cox then reached over, grabbed her by the throat and pinned her up against the vehicle door, court documents allege.
The woman fought him off, and Cox stopped choking her a few moments later and continued to drive to Anchorage with his wife and child, the report stated.
She contacted authorities the next day.
When an Anchorage police officer interviewed her, he noticed that there was minor bruising, redness and a fingernail abrasion on her neck.
Troopers announced Monday that Cox had turned himself in to authorities and was accused of “using a weapon to harm a family member.” Charging documents clarified that his hands were considered to be the “dangerous instrument” in question.
Cox was released from the Fairbanks Correctional Center Monday after posting $3,500 bail. He did not return calls or an e-mail seeking comment.
He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning. Court records do not list an attorney for him.
Cox, a local carpenter who owns his own business, rose to prominence two years ago when he unsuccessfully challenged House District 7 Rep. Mike Kelly in the Republican primary.
Last year he found the Second Amendment Task Force, a local gun rights group which has organized several open-carry days. He has also organized several high-profile meetings and rallies promoting gun rights and personal freedoms. A three-hour “Freedom Fest” was held at the Carlson Center in April.
Cox’s activities, including the organization of militia, have garnered the support of such groups as the Interior Alaska Conservative Coalition and the Alaskan Independence Party.
I would assumed he was innocent, until today.
I know what I saw on TV, a smiling Schaeffer Cox who seemed to be extremely happy. Why would he be happy, did he plead down the charge he was guilty of? Second why would he even think of speaking to the press unless he was worried about his public image.
I can only hope someone can really communicate with him the serious nature, he truly repents and gets the help he obviously needs.
My opinion is Schaeffer Cox your average politician and NOT the Maverick he and you are trying to paint him as.
Look at Joe Vogler. Look at Frank Turney. Anyone remember the young couple who were physically attacked by federal employees back in the late 70s, when all they did was participate in the regular IRS protests held at the time in front of the downtown post office? You can and will be held out to dry in this town on account of what views you hold. So-called "normal" people are scared out of their minds of Schaeffer Cox, and he hasn't really even accomplished all that much.
>theinfowarrior wrote: (because let me tell you
>that he earned every single penny of it with his
>bare hands.)
Not that it necessarily is any of my business, but are you telling us that he doesn't carry a note on his house?
DESPITE THE ARTICLES...
I have just learned that the allegations by the State have been DROPPED. This is according to a statement by Shaeffer's lawyer that I obtained at 5:13 pm today.
I tend to be a bit irrational about adultery: jail time is not good enough. Also, please note that adultery is not illegal. It should be, but it's not.
Congrats TAC. You will always be 100 to me. :-)
How old is your revolver? I know "MY" revolver can be thrown to the ground, kicked, etc and it won't go off without a very deliberate pull of the trigger. And if you are an NRA member as you say, then I would think you are smart enough to not actively carry a firearm that is not in proper working condition. If you think I'm incorrect or you don't understand, I would suggest you go talk to Joe Nava. His phone number is available on KFAR's website. He has been an NRA safety instructor (and teaches instructors) for over 20 years.
If your revolver is not as safe as mine, I suggest you don't carry it as a sidearm. Buy a modern firearm before you end up like Plaxico Burress with a bullet in your leg.
Yep.
I know Schaeffer Cox. I also know Wayne Simpson. He was the guy who allegedly had the incident with the OCS employee at the courthouse, remember? Let's not use the usual plethora of surface issues to bury a very important point, that being that the state is apparently using these assault cases as leverage of some sort. Remember, they charged Simpson with felony assault with no obvious interest or desire to actually obtain a conviction for that. It's all about the state wanting their hands on your DNA, but I can't see anyone in this crowd willing to give that a reasonable hearing. And I haven't even mentioned yet that they're trying to nail Cox for something, considering that they're on shaky legal ground were they to go after him for exercising his 2nd amendment rights.
Hats off to Schaeffer for keeping the whole town talking this week.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1020497/anti-gay-senator-arrested-after-leaving-gay-club
At this point I've lost count of how many times this has happened. Suffice to say that when I hear some candidate yabbering on about his morals, I immediately assume he's in the closet and about to spring out.
The reason for this posting is to raise a certain awareness, that we are all capable of making the same mistakes and that instead of attacking each other, we should lift each other up in love.
Let me begin by saying that I do not support many of the ideas that Schaeffer put forward in a lot of his speeches, I have had a many late night conversations with him and I know Schaeffer to be a very hard working young man with a very good sense of humor and a way of looking at the world that is very unconventional.
Schaeffer is human like the rest of us, he made a mistake, and it's entirely possible that he might make more. I would offer this up to the group commenting here: Instead of attacking his hat, or his parents for giving him the name Schaeffer, or wondering where he gets all of his money from, because let me tell you that he earned every single penny of it with his bare hands. Rather, instead of making all of these ridiculous claims, pray for him. Pray that God brings him to a place of repentance and gives him peace. That is what is needed here.
We all make mistakes, and yes, I will admit that Schaeffer is known for his controversial ways, but please, let's offer him and his beautiful wife and child our support during this time so that this family can heal.
It's very easy to tear someone down or make pre-conceived conclusions on a website where your face does not have to be shown.
I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume your failure to understand basic concepts is self-induced.
jackal75, yeah, I too would like to see evidence of some problem of considerable consequence related to open-carry.
Curmudgeon, my remembrances of the Wild West story is about as vague as yours and I'll admit a lot of what I was going on there was common-sense and lots of bluff.
Now, there are factors that can skew this statistic. How often were crimes reported? How well were records kept? The article didn't address this, but did claim that death statistics showed a higher per capita rate of murder victims east of the Plains than along the frontier.
Can't remember where the article ran now, but perhaps someone else is familiar with the research. Food for thought, anyway.
so there goes our freedom cause he's a psyco!!!
thnx cox proves you are your name!