Reply #5: Joos gets 6 1/2 year sentence

[Ian David]

By John Ford
Neosho Daily News
Posted May 19, 2010 @ 01:29 AM
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. —

Self-proclaimed pastor Robert Joos was sentenced Tuesday to six and a half years in a federal prison on charges of illegally possessing firearms and explosives on his 200-acre property near Powell.

Joos received two 78 month sentences from Judge Richard Dorr, who ordered the sentences to run concurrently.

In January, after just nine minutes of deliberation, a federal jury found 56-year-old Joos guilty of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and one count of being a felon in possession of explosives.

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Joos has a 1997 felony conviction for unlawful use of a weapon and a 2004 felony conviction for operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. Joos contends he was wrongfully convicted. During a 2002 hearing, he told the court he had no intention of obtaining a Missouri driver’s license, saying he is a “servant of God and can have no covenant with the heathen government.” After a court appearance that year, he told a Daily News reporter that he believes he does not have to have a driver’s license as he does not transport goods or people for hire.

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