VT state police & Fish & Game.. on opening day of deer season in northern Vermont. On a country back road in rural Vermont a police checkpoint, stopping and checking all traffic without probable cause or reason to suspect illegal activity. www.wcax.com Ripton, Vermont - November 15, 2009 Federal and state fish and wildlife officials found a little more than they bargained for during a routine hunting season enforcement operation. Law enforcement agencies hold checkpoints during hunting season, in this case off the beaten path on a dirt road in Ripton. Sgt. Don Isabelle of the Vt. Fish & Wildlife Dept. told Channel 3, "We occasionally set up these road checks to kind of deter poaching violations from occurring. People know we're out here. We're also looking at other things."... Our check of the Internet shows the man belongs to a group called the Embassy of Heaven, an elusive church group based in Oregon that renounces government, issues its own license plates, has been raided for non-payment of taxes and, according to the Anti-Defamation League, has ties to anti-government militias. But police said they had no reason to arrest the man, and so he was let go and ran down the road in the direction he had been heading on foot. Police impounded the car and applied for a search warrant to find out what's in the trunk. For state and federal lawmen it was all in a day's work. -----------------------------------------
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