Iowa Survivalist Who Allegedly Faked His Own Death In 2016 To Avoid Child Pornography Charges Arrested

“The arrest of Jacob Greer after six years is a testament to the persistence of US Deputy Chiefs of Staff and our collaborators in the investigation,” said Ted Kamatsus, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff for Southern Iowa, in a statement issued Tuesday. “Although the case went cold, they did not resign,” Kamatsus said. Greer is currently in the Seattle Federal Detention Center and will be transferred to Des Moines for trial, according to the statement. He will be assigned a lawyer when he returns to Iowa, the Iowa Public Defender’s Office said. Greer was first arrested in April 2016 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on charges of allegedly receiving and possessing child pornography. He was released on bail the next day under pre-trial supervision with an ankle monitor. He was living with his grandmother in Des Moines at the time. On May 31, 2016, Greer’s test officer was notified that Greer’s ankle monitor had been removed, resulting in a multi-service search, the U.S. military said in a statement. Authorities found Greer’s car with a suicide note inside, but investigators never found his body, and a federal arrest warrant was issued for Greer. Investigators later discovered another Greer-related vehicle at a campsite in Flathead, Montana, which he had bought on a $ 1,000 loan from a friend, the statement said. The U.S. military says Greer was last seen at a Walmart in Kalispell, Montana in June 2016, wearing a camouflage hat. Greer allegedly left Iowa with money, a bow, arrows and a backpack full of survival equipment and “had plans to live off the ground in remote areas of the upper western states or southern Canada, hiding in abandoned cabins,” the statement said. . .

title: “Iowa Survivalist Who Allegedly Faked His Own Death In 2016 To Avoid Child Pornography Charges Arrested " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-28” author: “Janet Farrell”

“The arrest of Jacob Greer after six years is a testament to the persistence of US Deputy Chiefs of Staff and our collaborators in the investigation,” said Ted Kamatsus, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff for Southern Iowa, in a statement issued Tuesday. “Although the case went cold, they did not resign,” Kamatsus said. Greer is currently in the Seattle Federal Detention Center and will be transferred to Des Moines for trial, according to the statement. He will be assigned a lawyer when he returns to Iowa, the Iowa Public Defender’s Office said. Greer was first arrested in April 2016 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on charges of allegedly receiving and possessing child pornography. He was released on bail the next day under pre-trial supervision with an ankle monitor. He was living with his grandmother in Des Moines at the time. On May 31, 2016, Greer’s test officer was notified that Greer’s ankle monitor had been removed, resulting in a multi-service search, the U.S. military said in a statement. Authorities found Greer’s car with a suicide note inside, but investigators never found his body, and a federal arrest warrant was issued for Greer. Investigators later discovered another Greer-related vehicle at a campsite in Flathead, Montana, which he had bought on a $ 1,000 loan from a friend, the statement said. The U.S. military says Greer was last seen at a Walmart in Kalispell, Montana in June 2016, wearing a camouflage hat. Greer allegedly left Iowa with money, a bow, arrows and a backpack full of survival equipment and “had plans to live off the ground in remote areas of the upper western states or southern Canada, hiding in abandoned cabins,” the statement said. . .