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Yeah, THAT Chris Simcox. The founder of the Minuteklan. And the conservatives looked to him as the Greatest American Hero.<\/h3>\nChris Simcox, who a decade ago helped launch a border-watch group in Arizona, has been arrested in Phoenix on suspicion of having sexual contact with three girls under the age of 10, police say.<\/p>\n
Simcox, 52, was arrested Wednesday in Phoenix, according to reports.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been booked into jail on suspicion of two counts of molestation of a child, two counts of sexual conduct with a minor and one count of attempted molestation of a child.<\/p>\n
Police didn\u2019t immediately release any details about the allegations.<\/p>\n
They say detectives with the Family Investigations Bureau developed probable cause to arrest Simcox.<\/p>\n
Police say Simcox has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n
They didn\u2019t immediately know Wednesday afternoon if Simcox has an attorney yet.<\/p>\n
Simcox has had legal and family troubles over the years.<\/p>\n
In 2010 news reports, an ex-wife alleged he threatened to kill their family. In April 2004, a federal judge sentenced Simcox to two years of probation for carrying a firearm on national forest property.<\/p>\n
Simcox used the Tombstone Tumbleweed newspaper, which he owned, to announce the formation of a border-patrolling volunteer \u2018militia\u2019 in 2002.<\/p>\n
Soon he formed a group called Civil Homeland Defense, and in April 2005 he and Jim Gilchrist, a former reporter and accountant from California, led a monthlong border-watch operation in Cochise County. After the event, Gilchrist formed a group called the Minuteman Project, and Simcox’s group was reborn as Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.<\/p>\n
Chris Simcox resigned as Minuteman president and announced in April 2009 that he would challenge McCain in the GOP primary, but he dropped out of the race.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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