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Man takes plea deal in Las Vegas ‘sovereign citizen’ case

Sovereign Citizens in Court

Leila Navidi

Sovereign citizen David Brutsche appears in Las Vegas Justice Court at the Regional Justice Center on Friday, August 23, 2013.

Updated Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 | 10:56 a.m.

A 43-year-old ex-convict who had been accused of plotting to kill Las Vegas police officers to advance an anti-government sovereign citizen philosophy has taken a plea deal that could get him freed from jail later this year.

David Allen Brutsche pleaded guilty Monday to felony kidnapping conspiracy.

His plea agreement represents a quiet end to a case police touted as domestic terrorism when Brutsche and Devon Campbell Newman were arrested in August.

A month later, prosecutors abandoned the two most serious charges — conspiracy to murder and attempted armed kidnapping.

Newman pleaded guilty in December to a misdemeanor. She was sentenced to probation.

Brutsche is expected to face one year in county jail at sentencing April 7.

That could get him released from jail by August.

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