I took these photos back in April for the Associated Press. The story finally went live about a week ago, but I haven't had a chance to sit down and properly post them.
Essentially a man, John Joe Gray, and some of his family members have been holed up on his property in Trinidad, Texas for the past 10 years, waiting for a police siege that has never come, and likely wont. The story and photos received significant play all across the country. You can read the story (all of them are the same) about John Joe Gray at Palestine Herald-Press, AP hosted content on LimaOhio.com, The Tyler Morning Telegraph's website TylerPaper.com, StarTribune.com, TheNewsTribune.com , MSNBC.msn.com and at The Houston Chronicle's website Chron.com.
In this April 9, 2010 photo, Jonathan Gray is shown on his father John Joe Gray's property near Trinidad, Texas. The Grays drink well water, eat vegetables grown in their garden and fish in the river that borders the land covered with a canopy of trees. They live in a ramshackle house and a mobile home and often eat at the picnic table far from the road but visible through the trees. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
This April 9, 2010 photo shows handmade signs on John Joe Gray's property near Trinidad, Texas. The past decade has taken a toll on John Joe Gray, holed up with relatives on his rural East Texas land while waiting for a siege that's never happened. He's been living on 47 acres behind a fence without running water and electricity but with plenty of guns, daring authorities to arrest him for a 10-year-old, third-degree felony warrant. Authorities say he'll be arrested if he does leave, but they have no plans for a raid that could harm innocents _ and so the so-called standoff persists. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
In this April 9, 2010 photo, a sign that reads " Vaccinations Equal Annihilation" is seen on John Joe Gray's property near Trinidad, Texas. The past decade has taken a toll on John Joe Gray, holed up with relatives on his rural East Texas land while waiting for a siege that's never happened. He's been living on 47 acres behind a fence without running water and electricity but with plenty of guns, daring authorities to arrest him for a 10-year-old, third-degree felony warrant. Authorities say he'll be arrested if he does leave, but they have no plans for a raid that could harm innocents _ and so the so-called standoff persists. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
This April 9, 2010 photo shows handmade signs on John Joe Gray's property near Trinidad, Texas. The past decade has taken a toll on John Joe Gray, holed up with relatives on his rural East Texas land while waiting for a siege that's never happened. He's been living on 47 acres behind a fence without running water and electricity but with plenty of guns, daring authorities to arrest him for a 10-year-old, third-degree felony warrant. Authorities say he'll be arrested if he does leave, but they have no plans for a raid that could harm innocents _ and so the so-called standoff persists. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
In this April 9, 2010 photo, Keith Tarkington is photographed at his parents' home in Gun Barrel City, Texas on Friday April 9, 2010. Tarkington's ex-wife, John Joe Gray's daughter, took their two children, now teenagers, 10 years ago to live on Gray's property in Trinidad, Texas. Tarkington said he no longer believes his ex-wife and children are living on the property and is unsure where they could be. Gray won't say whether Tarkington's sons were among the children who have lived there, or where they are now. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)