Longest armed stand-off in American history ends: Grandfather who bit a cop then threatened to kill any officer who came to arrest him has charges dropped after 16 years meaning he is free to leave his home for first time since 1999
John Joe Gray was arrested in December 1999 for biting a police officer who found he did not have a license to carry a high-powered rifle
He paid bond and has since hidden inside his 47-acre property for 16 years
Gray, now 67, vowed to kill any cops that come to his home to arrest him
He, his children, grandchildren and friends patrol their garden with guns
Police don’t approach home in Trinidad, near Dallas, for fear of being shot
It has now emerged charges were dropped against Gray in 2014 – but no one thought to tell the county sheriff or even Gray himself
He’s now free to venture beyond his garden fence for first time since 1999 without fear of arrest
By OLLIE GILLMAN
DAILYMAIL.COM
9 January 2016
The longest and possibly most bizarre stand-off in American history has come to an end.
John Joe Gray, from Trinidad, near Dallas, Texas, was arrested in 1999 for biting a police officer after the cop found he was carrying high-powered rifles without a license during a traffic stop.
Gray paid his bond and has since refused to go to court, hiding inside his 47-acre property for 16 years and vowing to shoot any officer of the law who tries to make him leave.
The bearded grandfather, his children, grandchildren and friends have armed themselves with pistols and rifles and patrolled their grounds ever since – with the county sheriff choosing not to send cops in for fear of them being killed.
But the unusual stalemate has finally come to an end after the authorities decided they just could not be bothered to wait for Gray to emerge any longer.
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