Brandon Curtiss is the president of the Idaho III%ers and a leader of the Pacific Patriots Network. Although he hasn’t (yet) been arrested, Curtiss has had a hand in both Bundy family-led standoffs in Oregon and Nevada. The former Idaho police officer arrived at the Oregon standoff with his own branch of Y’All Qaeda, only to be rebuffed by Ammon Bundy. Not content to let Bundy have the spotlight to himself, Brandon and his crew embedded themselves into the community of Burns, Oregon, making life hell for residents. Staying at the same hotel as the now-indicted Pete Santilli, the Curtiss-led crew kept an eye on law enforcement activity, reporting on the activities of residents and elected officials, and even confronting FBI agents at their temporary compound in Oregon. Curtiss said they didn’t support the occupation, they were merely providing a self-described “security perimeter” between law enforcement and the militant occupants of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge.
In theory, Brandon Curtiss’ Idaho III%-ers were going to intervene if the feds tried to arrest Ammon Bundy. Instead, they were nowhere to be found when Bundy’s crew were picked up on their way to a neighboring county, something that has become controversial among other Faketriots nationwide, who noted their curious absence during the arrests.
With many of his friends in federal custody and his militant sympathizers questioning his tactics and/or motives, things took another turn for the worse this week when he was forced to file for federal bankruptcy……..again. It seems his property management company has been fraught with mismanagement and/or fraud from the start. From the Idaho Statesman:
The owner of Curtiss Property Management in Meridian, Curtiss told the reporter he managed 100 to 150 properties, yet records show he has left a trail of unpaid bills and was sued by the owners of two properties he managed for failing to turn over rent money he collected from apartment residents.
Three weeks after speaking to The Oregonian reporter, Curtiss filed for bankruptcy protection — for the third time. In a deposition for one of the lawsuits he said there were no shareholder payouts because the management firm “is not a profitable company.”
Emphasis added. Third time filing bankruptcy? So much for personal responsibility. Much of the debt appears to be from financing his militia hobby. After all, freedumb isn’t free and revolution equipment isn’t cheap:
Curtiss and his wife, Stephanie, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Feb. 3 in Boise. The Meridian couple claims debts of $235,000, with listed assets of $13,230. This filing follows a 2009 bankruptcy in which Curtiss owed about $140,000 and a 2001 filing from which documents are not available.
The bulk of Curtiss’ $186,286 in credit card debt, collection agency charges and bank loans were incurred between 2013 and 2015, according to bankruptcy court documents. Of that, $84,458 was for vehicle leases taken out in 2014 and 2015: a 2015 Dodge Ram pickup, a 2012 Chrysler car and a 2014 Open Range travel trailer. The pickup and the trailer were leased by the property management company, which is not involved in the bankruptcy.
The Idaho Statesman also notes there was significant medical debt and outstanding child support. Read more about Brandon Curtiss and his trail of freedumb debt here.