A 71-year-old self-proclaimed “sovereign citizen” was sentenced to time served Wednesday after pleading guilty in federal court to filing a false federal income tax refund claim for $958,163,765 in 2010. Frances Jo Mehner, a retired court reporter formerly of Rio Rancho, fled New Mexico after her 2014 indictment and was arrested in Illinois in August. She was sentenced to 207 days, which she served awaiting trial, and was given a year of supervised probation. Two other counts in the indictment were dismissed, including a charge of....MORE
