In the aftermath of the Free Britney Spears movement, a retired sheriff who helped free his friend’s elderly mother from a court-appointed guardianship has landed in Washoe County jail. Stewart Handte—once the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony police chief, a former state trooper with the Nevada Highway Patrol, and a past president of their union—has been locked up since last week. Handte and Roger Hillygus were arrested for kidnapping Hillygus’ mother, Susan Hillygus, after a stand-off with police in August 2019. “They were overmedicating my mother and keeping her in a facility against her will,” Hillygus told The Epoch Times. “She wanted to leave and be with her brother in California so I took her there because every time I visited her, she wanted to leave. “One time she had a black eye and soiled pants. I couldn’t stand by and see her like that without doing something. I’m her son.” Susan Hillygus …
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