US Marshals capture one of ATF's 'most wanted' fugitives on remote Montana ranch

An Iowa man who dodged authorities for nearly eight years after his indictment on federal firearms charges was finally arrested last week on a remote ranch on a Montana Native American reservation.

Authorities say 62-year-old Michael Duane Strain had been evading the law since being indicted on two counts of possessing a firearm as a felon in 2011. During a search of his house that year, federal agents reportedly discovered thousands of rounds of ammunition and numerous firearms.

Strain is a self-proclaimed sovereign citizen, a label used by people who claim that they don’t have to answer to government authorities. When taken into custody, Strain told authorities that they had no jurisdiction over him, according to court documents.

U.S. Marshals Service deputies were led to the ranch on the Crow Reservation because of a telephone tip, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Timothy Hornung said.

Strain had lived there for years and “was basically squatting on the property,” according to an affidavit from Stephen Feuerstein, a detective assigned to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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