Coquille pastor, wife plead guilty in false liens case

Coquille pastor, wife plead guilty in false liens case: A Coquille couple whose antigovernment views highlighted a tax evasion case in which both were convicted and sentenced to prison pleaded guilty on Thursday to filing bogus and vindictive liens against federal officials involved in the tax case. Ronald Joling, 72, entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to file false retaliatory liens against District Judge Ann Aiken, Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin, Clerk of the Court Mary Moran and Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Bradford.