The Casper Star Tribune
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'Christian patriot' singer released from Wyoming jail after two months
http://ap.trib.com/wire_detail.php?wire_num=132107

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) - A self-described ''Christian patriot'' musician
was ordered released from a county jail after being held for two
months while a mental evaluation was performed.

Carl Klang, 50, of Boulder, Colo., pleaded guilty to one count of
property destruction at a hearing Friday in Sheridan Circuit Court.

Officials said extra law enforcement was on hand at the Friday trial
after the jail and Sheridan County attorney's office received
hundreds of calls from Klang's fans - some of them threatening -
asking why he had been kept in jail so long.

Klang was arrested Dec. 4 for disorderly conduct/provoking a fight.
That charge was later dismissed, but Klang was ordered held after he
tore up his jail uniform and destroyed a mattress and light fixture
the day he was booked into the Sheridan County Detention Center.

At Klang's initial court appearance in December, Sheridan Circuit
Judge John Sampson entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of the
defendant and ordered he be held without bond pending the outcome of
a mental evaluation.

Court records state the evaluation was ordered because Klang
threatened to kill police officers and himself and at one point
requested a ''suicide assist by police.''

Klang was evaluated by staffers from the Wyoming State Hospital in
Evanston, who found he was capable of participating in Friday's court
hearing, and said he wasn't suffering from a ''major mental illness.''

In earlier letters to the court, Klang said he suffered from bipolar
disorder and had been off his medication for about two months prior
to his arrest.

Sheridan Circuit Court Magistrate Hardy Tate said in court it was
unfortunate that Klang was held in jail so long.

Klang, who held his head down throughout much of the hearing, said
little in court, responding to Tate's questions in a quiet voice with
short, direct answers, including ''Yes'' and ''No.''

Tate gave Klang credit for 71 days served in jail and ordered him to
pay $80 in court fees and $229 in restitution.

Klang describes himself as a ''Christian patriot'' musician who has
produced such CDs as ''Extremist Won'' and ''Extremist Too.''

Klang's Web site urged followers to contact the Sheridan County
Detention Center and request that ''America's number one Christian
patriot musician'' be released from jail.

Carl Klang Music Ministries
http://www.klang.com/

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Previous article:

"Christian Patriot" appears in court today
http://www.kotatv.com/localnews/story.asp?ID=18092

2/13/2004
Associated Press

Self-described ``Christian patriot'' singer Carl Klang appears in
court in Sheridan today.

Klang is accused of destroying a light fixture at the county jail.

Klang has been in the jail in Sheridan since December fourth.

That's when he was arrested for allegedly getting drunk and picking a
fight with employees of the Best Western where he was staying after
his car broke down.

The original charge has been dismissed, but Klang still faces one
count of misdemeanor property destruction for the jail incident.

Followers of Klang contend he is being held unfairly.

Klang has produced C-Ds including ``Extremist Won'' and ``Extremist
Too'' and songs like ``I want to be an Extremist,'' and ``We Ain't
Gonna Fight for the (New World Order).''


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