http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2008/09/city_man_arrested_for_outstand.htmlCity man arrested for outstanding warrants
Michael J. Ratcliffe/The Times By Michael J. Ratcliffe/The Times
on September 11, 2008 at 9:09 PM, updated September 11, 2008 at 9:14 PM
TRENTON -- Emperor El Bey, an Ellis Avenue resident who has received minor fame for keeping two horses in his backyard against the wishes of the city, has been arrested and charged in a multitude of warrants and delinquent child support payments.
El Bey, who authorities know as William M. Mcrae, was taken into custody during a court appearance in Bordentown Township Wednesday morning when three active Trenton warrants were discovered by the court administrator.
Bordentown Township police Lt. Norman Hand said he was called down to the municipal courthouse around 11 a.m. where El Bey was being arraigned on a charge of using a false name during a motor vehicle stop that had happened about a week before. Hand was shown the warrants, cuffed El Bey, and walked him into the police station to be processed.
El Bey had dressed for court in a red shirt with three stars decorating each epaulet, Hand said, and was very protective of the fez that he was wearing. Hand, who had heard about El Bey's travails with his horses but didn't know the details, was unfazed.
"After 18 years you're like, OK, been there, done that," he said.
Trenton police spokesman Sgt. Pedro Medina said El Bey was then taken into custody by Trenton police on the warrants, the bail amount of which totaled $2,500. The warrants involved El Bey's alleged failure to pay fines on charges of driving while unlicensed, driving on a revoked license, and careless driving.
El Bey was scheduled to be turned over to the Mercer County Sheriff's Department Thursday night on the child support warrants. The child support claims are by three different women for more than $50,000 total in support.
The warrants individually were for $24,000, $19,000, and $9,000, Sheriff's Department Chief Warrant Officer Dennis McManimon said.
"He's going to have to come up with some money," McManimon said.
Until a suitable payment arrangement can be worked out with the three women or until El Bey can bail himself out, he will be lodged in the Mercer County Correction Center.
El Bey has had child support run-ins at least once before.
"He's no stranger to law enforcement, let's put it that way," McManimon said.
Prison records show El Bey served a little over two months in state prison for a drug charge in 1998, where he was sentenced as William Billingsley. Billy Dread is also listed as an alias.
El Bey also has received attention for claiming heritage through the Abannaki Aboriginal Nation, which he says gives him dominion over his property and allows him to keep the horses. He says his house is the embassy of a sovereign nation, and therefore foreign soil.
Neither Bordentown Township nor Trenton police said El Bey made any claims of diplomatic immunity when he was in their custody.
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http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20 … /306169984
http://www.trentonian.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/TT/20090616/NEWS/306169984/EP/1/1/EP-306169984.jpg&maxh=400&maxw=667Emperor El Bey, who considers his half of an Ellis Avenue duplex as an embassy for the sovereign Abannaki Aboriginal Nation, yesterday -- in fairytale style -- arrived on horseback and professed his affection for the city's library director, Kimberly Matthews. He is seen here with horses Princess (left) and Pop. (Trentonian File Photo/JACKIE SCHEAR)
By L.A. PARKER
Staff Writer
POSTED: 03/12/12, 7:17 PM EDT |
TRENTON -- The city's top librarian yesterday brushed aside advances from a self-proclaimed emperor who showed up on horseback at her Academy Street workplace, hoping to ride her away to a new life.
Sources close to the 10 a.m. incident said that Emperor El Bey, an Ellis Avenue resident, delivered amorous material worthy of a romance novel, but Trenton Free Public Library Executive Director Kimberly Matthews declined his offer and had security call for police assistance.
"We asked him to remove his horses from the property. When he did not comply with those wishes, the police were called. I appreciated their timely response," said Matthews.
El Bey, according to sources, had waited approximately 90 minutes for Matthews to arrive before making a move toward her when she pulled her Corvette into a library parking lot.
El Bey had tethered two horses to a nearby tree while waiting for the dark-haired Matthews.
Emperor El Bey admitted he had told Matthews that she was beautiful and that he owned a Porsche.
"I even asked her if she would like to get together some time and burn rubber, you know, race our cars. But I never asked her to be queen of our kingdom. If I wanted her to be our queen, I would have gotten down on one knee and proposed that," El Bey said.
"(Matthews) is apparently just trying to get famous off my name. A lot of people try to get famous off of me."
Davon Feliciano, a security guard for John T. Coy Security Inc., said he watched on a security camera as Emperor El Bey approached Matthews as she parked her car in a corner spot.
"(The Emperor) said that Ms. Matthews was beautiful and that he and three other men had come here to take her away to their kingdom. He wanted her to ride away with him on the spot. It was very strange," said Feliciano.
Feliciano said that El Bey and friends are "regular" visitors to the Academy Street library.
"They wear those (maroon) hats with the tassels," Feliciano said, describing fez-type head gear worn by El Bey and associates.
"The emperor once commented about the U.S. flag I wear on my uniform. He said that it's not the real flag of this country."
Bey's headwear is without a tassle.
Emperor El Bey acknowledged his frequent visits to the Academy Street library.
"I'm there a lot, probably more than anybody. Did I tell the security guard about his uniform flag? Yes. That flag is the symbol of a corporation. The U.S. is a corporation," Bey said.
A library employee with information about the incident said that El Bey yesterday repeatedly told Matthews about her beauty.
"He wanted her to come back to his 'kingdom' and rule with him," the source said.
Authorities know Emperor El Bey as William M. Mcrae, who considers his half of an Ellis Avenue duplex as an embassy for the sovereign Abannaki Aboriginal Nation and thereby immune from Trenton ordinances.
According to a former Trentonian report, Abannaki members say they were American Indians who were actually Moors and members of the Lost Tribe of Israel.
El Bey has been arrested for outstanding warrants in the city and Bordentown while other reports show that complaints have been filed against him for failure to pay $57,000 in child support to three different mothers.
Dennis McManimon, chief warrant officer for Mercer Sheriff Kevin Larkin, in a previously printed Trentonian article, said that Emperor El Bey has been researched extensively.
"These guys are not part of a sovereign nation, and they don't have diplomatic immunity," McManimon said.
But Emperor El Bey did nothing that warranted arrest during his interaction with Matthews.
"The police spoke to them, and then they got on their horses and rode down Academy Street," Feliciano said.
Trenton police spokesperson Sgt. Pedro Medina confirmed that police talked to El Bey and then "sent him on his way."
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The following statement by the Powhatan Renape Nation was approved at its February community meeting and has been distributed for circulation...
Powhatan Renape Nation
Statement on the Activities of El Bey Bagby a.k.a William McRae
Pennsauken, New Jersey, February 8th, 2014
The people of the Powhatan Renape Nation have become aware of reports on the activities of a person calling himself “El Bey Bagby” who claims the titles “Crown Prince” and “Emperor” and who asserts that he is the leader of our Nation. It appears that Mr. Bagby is also known as “William McRae” and is sometimes cited with the surname “Holmes.”
We emphatically state that Mr. Bagby has never been elected, appointed or otherwise requested to lead, represent, or speak for our people. He is not, nor has he ever been, an official of the Powhatan Renape Nation. It appears that Mr. Bagby has taken advantage of a time of transition in our tribal governance to promote himself as a tribal official.
Mr. Bagby has allegedly communicated or attempted to communicate with other American Indian Nations, officials of the State of New Jersey, regional and national organizations and local community groups using our tribal name, letterhead, and seal. He has allegedly received artifacts, sought donations and grants under the same misrepresentations. As indicated above, Mr. Bagby’s actions and efforts should not be considered official actions on behalf of the Powhatan Renape people.
This statement has been reviewed, discussed and adopted as the official statement of the Powhatan Renape Nation at a general meeting held on the 8th of February, 2014.
