APF official seeking to run Hardin jail ordered to appear in California court

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

A California judge has ordered American Police Force figure Michael Hilton - a felon with a history of fraud seeking to operate an empty Montana jail - to appear in court on Oct. 27 over an outstanding judgment in a fraud lawsuit.

The Oct. 2 order follows a proposal by American Police Force, Hilton's newly minted California company, to take over and run a 464-bed jail in Hardin.

The judgment in the case is among several against Hilton totaling more than $1.1 million. In that case, Hilton lured investors to sink money into an assisted living complex in Southern California that was never built.



Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_f98066fe-b1e8-11de-8042-001cc4c002e0.html

[DesertDiamond]

1. This guy is running a *privately owned* police force??

[intheflow]

2. OMG, that's the funniest thing I've read in a while!

This guy is such a maroon of a con man! Can't stay out of trouble, not getting extradited between states. :rofl: I feel bad for the folks in Hardin who were taken in by this jerk, though. Bet a lot of residents aren't too happy with Two Rivers Authority about now.

[hmorehead]

3. "I not only own this jail, but I'm an inmate here, too!"