This is what passes for a sheriff here

Somehow, I don't think Mr. Bowser is going to sweep the upcoming election, and be our next sheriff.

A candidate for Gloucester County sheriff says he will "go to my grave" before complying with a judge's order that landed him in jail Friday on a contempt charge.

Substitute Gloucester Circuit Court Judge Walter J. Ford ordered Clarence Bowser, 58, to serve 10 days in jail. Ford found Bowser in contempt during an Oct. 12 hearing, but gave him until Friday to comply with an earlier ruling by Gloucester Circuit Court Judge William Shaw III to clear an obstructed easement.
Bowser remains adamant that he will not comply with Shaw's order, so it remains unclear what his status will be Nov. 6.

The deed-granted easement on Bowser's 18-acre property in north Gloucester is at the center of a land dispute that involves Sheila B Guenard, a former Gloucester resident who now lives in Louisiana but still owns nearly six acres next to Bowser that can only be accessed by the disputed easement.

Mr. Bowser slipped a note to a reporter before they hauled him off to jail.

"This trial is an example of a low-level crime, that crouds our jail (It is a matter of interpretation for the Sheriff) When our justice system uses terrorist tactics to high-jack property and hold the individual hostage until he complies where is the justice in that? What happen to due process. I will go to my grave before I comply or give satisfaction to public corruption. This case may not benefit me but it will benefit those who come after me." (sic)