 In August 2001, Crosslin and Rohm failed to appear at their appointed court date, and set fire to a building on their property.Throughout Labor Day weekend, according to law enforcement accounts, Crosslin and Rohm systematically burned down the ten structures on their farm, shot at and hit a news helicopter filming the fires, shot at and missed a police surveillance plane, and sprayed the woods bordering the property with gunfire to keep police at bay.Crosslin and Rohm also began procuring assault rifles and claiming that the farm had been mined and booby-trapped.