Kent Hovind, creation-sci evangelist, arrested again
Fcattus
already out on bail for a FLA housing code violation, and he says he has not
paid income tax or SS tax for years because he works directly for God. Q: Do
the faithful know they are sending money to him to build a rental empire? Do
tenants make checks out to "God"? The Orlando Sentinel reported the bare bones
of this story [below] already.
Note that the dissenting witness, Paul Jewell, is an employee of Hovind's biz.
[The all-caps comes from the police report style, I'm told]
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From the police report:
ON 8-15-2002 AT APPROX 1400 HRS IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FL, THE ABOVE
DEFENDANT, DR KENT E HOVIND DID WILLFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY COMMIT THE OFFENSE
OF BURGLARY, BATTERY AND-ASSAULT.
ON THIS DATE DR HOVIND CAME TO THE RESIDENCE OF HIS TENANT AT 100 CUMMINGS ST
WHERE HE MADE CONTACT WITH TRUDY OWEN AT THE FRONT DOOR AND ATTEMPTED TO
PROVIDE HER WITH MONEY IN ORDER FOR HER TO RELOCATE RESIDENCY. TRUDY OWEN SAID
SHE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE MONEY ASKING DR HOVIND TO LEAVE AS SHE SHUT THE FRONT
DOOR. DR HOVIND THEN FORCED THE FRONT DOOR OPEN, KNOCKING MS OWEN BACKWARDS AND
ENTERED INTO THE STRUCTURE AND BEGAN YELLING LOUDLY AND ACTING IN A HOSTILE AND
AGGRESSIVE MANNER, PUTTING V/OWEN IN FEAR FOR HER SAFETY.
VICTIM CHRISTOPHER KENUI, ALSO RESIDING AT THIS RESIDENCE, ATTEMPTED TO
INTERVENE WITH THIS ALTERCATION, WHERE DR HOVIND THEN BECAME PHYSICALLY
AGGRESSIVE TOWARD KENUI, WHERE CHRISTOPHER THEN PHYSICALLY WRESTLED HIM OUT OF
HIS RESIDENCE AND ONTO THE FRONT PORCH THEN SLAMMING THE DOOR AND LOCKING IT
AND CALLING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I
INTERVIEWED V/TRUDY OWEN, V/CHRISTOPHER KENUI AND WA/ROENALINE KENUI, WHO ALL
CONCURRED WITH THE SAME STATEMENT OF THE EVENT THAT PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED.
I THEN INTERVIEWED DR KENT HOVIND IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT WHERE HE DID
ADMIT TO FORCING HIS WAY INTO THE HOUSE STATING THAT THE RESIDENCE BELONGED TO
HIM AND HE WAS MERELY RENTING THIS HOME TO TENANT OWEN AND FAMILY. DR HOVIND
FURTHER STATED THAT HE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE COULD ENTER THIS
RESIDENCE ANY TIME HE WANTED THEREFORE. HE DID NOT FEEL THAT HE COMMITTED A
CRIME. DR HOVIND FURTHER STATED THAT HE DID NOT ASSAULT MS OWEN AT THIS
LOCATION AND THAT CHRISTOPHER KENUI DID IN FACT HAVE TO PHYSICALLY REMOVE HIM
AFTER HIS REFUSAL TO LEAVE VERBALLY. AT THAT TIME, DR KENT HOVIND WAS PLACED
UNDER ARREST, TRANSPORTED TO THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY JAIL AND CHARGED WITH
BURGLARY, BATTERY AND ASSAULT. BOND PLACED AT $1,000 AND RETURNABLE SET FOR
9-05-2002.
UPON MY DEPARTURE AT THIS LOCATION A SECONDARY WITNESS. PAUL JEWELL
ARRIVED AND STATED TO ME THAT HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DURING THE
TIME OF THIS INCIDENT AND MERELY SAW DR HOVIND STANDING ON THE FRONT
PORCH AT 100 CUMMINGS ST. HE FURTHER STATED HE DID NOT OBSERVE ANY
ALTERCATION. WITNESS STATEMENT FORMS WERE DOCUMENTED BY THE VICTIMS AND
WITNESSES IN THIS INCIDENT TO BE TURNED IN WITH REPORT.
BURK, DAVID KARL
312 ID
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JEWELL, PAUL DAVID
W M 02/06/1975
Addresses (Current/Last Known is Listed First)
5270 N PALAFOX ST PENSACOLA FL 32503 Phone: (850)473-0277
Occupations (Current/Last Known is Listed First)
Business: CREATIONS SCIENCE EVANL, Job Title:, Phone: 850 Entered:
08/15/2002