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[Watch] FBI’s Most Wanted In Florida: A Prepper?

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[Watch] FBI's Most Wanted In Florida: A Prepper?
The FBI is conducting a man hunt for one of the most wanted men in Florida. That person is a prepper? The FBI is conducting a city wide search for...
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[Watch] FBI’s Most Wanted In Florida: A Prepper?

in Gun Rights, News, Videos / by Brandon Walker / on June 18, 2014 at 11:37 pm /


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The FBI is conducting a man hunt for one of the most wanted men in Florida. That person is a prepper?
The FBI is conducting a city wide search for a man that is known as Martin Howard Winters. They say he is wanted on federal charges of leading a group of people prepping for end of the world scenarios. They say he is wanted in connection to having un-registered fire arms and may have been making homemade destructive devices.
They are currently searching Valrico, Florida for Winters. They say that his “taking off” from police wanting to question him caused the lockdown of Durant High School on Monday. They say when they approached him he got out of his vehicle and ran into a wooded area.
While accusing him of planning something against the government agents, the locals say he was more well known for his generosity and “community refrigerator”.
From the Associated Press:
“He could probably have been home by now if he just complied with law enforcement today, but now he has made the situation worse,” said FBI spokesman Dave Couvertier.
A document laying out reasons the FBI wanted to search his property shows agents have been investigating him since as early as September.
In October, Winters was indicted on four counts of making a destructive device.
In the report, agents accuse him of designing traps and hiding weapons around his property specifically to target government agents.
Winters was known as the leader of the River Otter Preppers, a group preparing for an “end-of-times event as prophesied by the Book of Revelations,” the report says.
The report says he used “straw buyers,” a person who purchased the guns on his behalf, to obtain numerous AR-15s. He also fashioned destructive devices from metal tube pipes designed to fire 12-gauge shotgun shells.
Winters detailed his plans to an undercover agent, the report says, including a scenario that involved releasing propane gas in his home and setting it ablaze while he shot at agents from concealed positions.
He said 40 armed men in his neighborhood would be willing to participate in what he called his “last stand,” the report says.
He spent $200,000 in his preparations, which included burying AR-15 rifles – 50 of them, by his count – in barrels around his property, the report says.
A 2012 YouTube video specifically named in the report shows a man believed to be Winters digging up 50-gallon drums filled with food and supplies.
“We are still in the manhunt mode,” Couvertier said.
But neighbors of Winters call it one big misunderstanding. They say Winters is known for his community fridge, which you can see sitting in his yard from the street. He’s also known for having a giant flag dedicated to those who served our country.
ABC Action News spoke with Winters and aired a story about this flag in 2011.
“He’s not armed and dangerous. He’s a very caring man. He’s a very loving man. He protects his family, his friends. He’s not like how they’re portraying him,” neighbor and longtime friend Rene Leach said. “I’m scared my friend is going to get shot with no chance.”
The FBI is hoping for a peaceful resolution. Anyone who has seen Winters is being asked to contact the FBI Tampa Office at 813-253-1000. ~WPTV
It is noted that it is not federally against the law to make your own weapons as long as you do not sell them. There is also not a law against burying ammunition, weapons, or food. The only federal offenses that they can allege he did were buying a weapon that may be unregistered or possibly plotting to kill agents with a destructive device…in the event of a home invasion or failing to follow their oath of office. There is no federal law against protection of property unless he made direct threats against the government.
The on air report includes a hysterical woman who had her car wrecked and kids harassed because the FBI yanked her out with the kids in the car looking for Florida’s most wanted.

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