{"id":439914,"date":"2016-01-16T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=439914"},"modified":"2016-01-18T15:00:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T21:00:02","slug":"east-texans-15-year-standoff-ends-tax-fight-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=439914","title":{"rendered":"East Texan&#8217;s 15-Year Standoff Ends, Tax Fight Remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/01\/th-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-439916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/01\/th-2-200x135.jpg\" alt=\"th\" width=\"200\" height=\"135\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-439916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/01\/th-2-200x135.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/01\/th-2.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>TRINIDAD (AP) &#8211; An East Texas man&#8217;s 15-year self-imposed standoff in an assault case has ended, but he refuses to leave his ranch in a nearly $35,000 back taxes dispute.   The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports John Joe Gray recently learned Anderson County dropped a 1999 felony assault charge against him. Gray was accused of biting an officer during a traffic stop and jumping bail.  Gray and his family have lived in isolation since 2000, growing food, using solar power, and having a shortwave radio.   Gray faces a Jan. 31 deadline to begin paying the taxes; he&#8217;s 12 years behind. The 66-year-old Gray said Thursday he&#8217;ll take up arms if officials try to seize his ranch near Trinidad.   Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt has urged Gray to seek donations for the tax bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRINIDAD (AP) &#8211; An East Texas man&#8217;s 15-year self-imposed standoff in an assault case has ended, but he refuses to leave his ranch in a nearly $35,000 back taxes dispute. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports John Joe Gray recently learned Anderson County dropped a 1999 felony assault charge against him. Gray was accused of biting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=439914\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">East Texan&#8217;s 15-Year Standoff Ends, Tax Fight Remains<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":439916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-17 19:47:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=439914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439917,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439914\/revisions\/439917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/439916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=439914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=439914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=439914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}