Is Robert Southwell A Political Prisoner

Critic of the Sheriff, Mr Southwell was arrested yesterday by the Camden County Sheriff's Office.
Here is the press release from the Sheriff's Office:

Woodbine Man Arrested For Aggravated Assault
Media Contact:Lt. William Terrell
Public Information Officer(912) 510-5100wterrell@co.camden.ga.us
June 14, 2007
A Woodbine man was arrested early yesterday on one count of aggravated assault after he allegedly discharged a firearm at an acquaintance and made threats to kill her, law enforcement officers and himself.
The incident began in the early morning hours of June 13, 2007 when deputies first received notification from a concerned citizen that Robert Jackson Southwell, 52, was threatening the lives and safety of Camden County Sheriff’s Office employees. Investigators also learned that Southwell may have discharged a firearm at a female acquaintance at his residence on Parker Street.
Deputies did not initially enter Southwell’s residence because the situation was too volatile. After locating and interviewing the acquaintance, earlier today deputies obtained an arrest warrant and arrested Southwell at his home without incident.
During the interview, the victim stated that Southwell discharged the firearm so close that she could feel the muzzle blast. Seven weapons including shotguns, a lever action rifle, a handgun, a BB gun and a pellet gun were removed from the residence for safekeeping. Deputies also took a cell phone into evidence that contained threatening messages from Southwell.

TRSP Review: Notice that the charge is aggravated assault, yet the press release leads off with the threat against the employees of the Camden County Sheriff's Office, and than after investigators did their thing they found that he may have shot a gun close to this female. Now if someone is going to shoot a gun that close to me I would have said that first.

Remember Mr. Southwell questioned the ethics of Sheriff Smith. Also, Sheriff Smith's attorney wrote a letter to the editor threatening to sue Mr. Southwell.

Is there any family member of Mr. Southwell that could shed some light on this issue?
Please email me any info you may have.
After all we can not trust a man that would lie about a stupid yard sign. (see two posts down, to be fair he may not have lied about the signs, it could be Ms. Blankenship lying. You decide)