By Pepper Fisher
PORT ANGELES – The man, who along with 18 other local residents, attempting to sue local health officials in federal court over the restaurant Covid mandates, has a long history of arrests and convictions.
Since publishing our story last week, we’ve learned that in 2010, 64-year-old Brent Wilson was sentenced in Montana to 10 years in prison for taking possession of and moving into foreclosed houses in the Missoula area. After his apparent early release from prison, Wilson has been arrested at least twice in Clallam County in the last two years. The Prosecutor’s Office says “Brent Wilson is a named defendant in a pending prosecution.”
In March 2020, after attempting to take possession of an unoccupied home in Diamond Point, he was arrested and charged with over a dozen counts ranging from filing false documents, forgery, criminal impersonation, and attempted theft.
In our interview with Wilson in mid-November, made it clear that he doesn’t follow the traditional norms in his interpretation of the law.
“This is not a statutory court issue. This is a commercial issue. Commercial law is that realm that you and I weren’t taught about in grade school. It’s 2,500 years old. Okay? It has been around much longer than we would have been taught about in our realm, and as such, the rules are different. This law is prejudicial, non-judicial, supported by the Constitution, the du jure Constitution of the United States of America.”
Wilson is not an attorney and has not returned KONP’s calls since of initial interview in mid-November.
At least two local title companies have obtained restraining orders after being inundated with stacks of phony paperwork and, eventually, fraudulent lawsuits and liens on their assets.
One title company representative, who wishes to remain anonymous, explained his method this way: Wilson targets houses that have been foreclosed upon and that are owned by federal mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He claims to have performed work at the property and submits a bill to the agency via certified mail. The repsentative says when he doesn’t get paid, he begins the process of filing a lawsuit against them and putting a lien on the property, which he then claims he owns in lieu of payment. Authorities allege he has removed “For Sale” signs, break into the homes, change the locks, and attempt to rent or lease the homes to others. The representative says Wilson has also attempted to obtain loans worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on homes he didn’t own.
After being released from Clallam County jail on bond, Wilson has attempted to file lawsuits against numerous local officials, judges, defense attorneys, law enforcement officers, court and county employees, and anyone else he believes were involved in any way with the criminal charges filed against him. He has also filed liens naming many of the same people.
(Photo: Brent Wilson appears in Clallam County Superior Court in 2020)