Stew Peters (born April 1, 1980) is an American media personality.^[1][2] His radio show is called the Stew Peters Show, which airs weekdays. His show routinely features theories about governmental organizations, such as the CDC. His guests have included established proponents of conspiracy theories such as Paul Gosar,^[3] Mark Meadows,^[4] and L. Lin Wood.^[5]

Biography[edit]

Peters was a bounty hunter before becoming a radio host.^[2]

Initially, Peters thought he would become a police officer or an entertainer. During high school, Peters took classes towards a law enforcement degree. After high school he moved from Minnesota to Los Angeles, Florida and New York while pursuing a career as a rapper named Fokiss. As a rapper he performed at several night clubs and bars around Minneapolis and Duluth including 7th St. Entry at the landmark 1st Avenue.^[6] He started moonlighting as a bounty hunter after he met someone in the business.^[1]

In 2000, he auditioned for a film directed by Tyrel Ventura, son of then-Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura. After landing one of the lead roles, Peters wanted to impress Ventura with his Hollywood connections. So he told a lie: His brother was a teen heartthrob who starred in a popular 1990s sitcom. Believing that Peters had flown in from Los Angeles, Tyrel invited him to stay at the governor’s residence in St. Paul during filming. Peters went home to Apple Valley, a suburb 16 miles away and packed a bag then moved into the guest room of the residence for several weeks, until the state troopers who provided security for the governor evicted him.^[1]

Peters is recently divorced and has two sons and a daughter. He has coached his sons’ hockey teams.^[1]

Bounty hunting[edit]

Peters heads a bounty hunting agency named Twin Cities Apprehension Team (T.C.A.T). The agency works primarily in the Twin Cities but has tracked fugitives across state lines. T.C.A.T. has apprehended fugitives wanted for DWI, drug possession/dealing, domestic abuse and child sex trafficking.^[7]

In 2015, Minnesota Law was changed to limit what bounty hunters can wear and drive. This was at a time when Peters was constantly being mistaken for government law enforcement.^[8]

On May 30, 2017, Peters’ agency, Twin Cities Apprehension Team (T.C.A.T.) was involved in a fatal shootout. The shooting left two agents and the fugitive dead. T.C.A.T. had tracked Ramon Hutchinson from Hennepin County, Minnesota to Greenville, Texas. Hutchinson was wanted after missing a court date for Driving under the influence (DUI) arrest, assaulting a police officer, and cocaine possession. In Greenville, T.C.A.T. used a tracking device on Hutchinson’s girlfriend’s car to find him at a car dealership during a trade in. Cell phone video shows two T.C.A.T. agents approaching Hutchinson; Gabriel Bernal and Fidel Garcia Jr. When the two agents told Hutchinson the charges against him Hutchinson pulled out a gun and opened fire. When it was all over, all three men were dead. When asked about the shootout, Peters said it was just a horrible loss and that Fidel Garcia was such a great friend.^[9]

Radio personality[edit]

Peters first began his career in radio in 1998 while working for ClearChannel radio as an intern at 101.3 KDWB.^[1]

In 2021, he, along with L. Lin Wood, became involved in a feud with Michael Flynn and Marjorie Taylor Greene regarding Flynn’s endorsement of Vernon Jones and the future of Kyle Rittenhouse‘s bail fund.^[10]

At the end of 2021, Peters was deplatformed from media services provider Spotify. This was due to his opposition to COVID-19 vaccines and government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.^[11]

In January 2022, Peters became involved in the legal case of Scott Quiner. On the Stew Peters Show, Quiner’s wife claimed that Mercy Hospital was refusing to give Quiner proper treatment because of his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Mercy Hospital refused to provide a reason for taking Quiner off of a ventilator citing patient privacy. Peters encouraged his listeners to “blow the hospitals phone lines up”, he also shared the hospitals address and named the doctors involved.^[12] Peters received criticism after his audience began making anonymous threats. After four days, Quiner was allowed to be transferred to a hospital in Texas which would provide the care that his family wanted. Quiner was described as the “most malnourished patient” a doctor at the Texas hospital had ever seen. He died on January 19, 2022.^[13]

Peters was a speaker at the 2022 America First Political Action Conference, where he called for the murder of both Anthony Fauci (lynched by hanging), and Vernon Jones (executed by electric chair).^[14][15]

See also[edit]

• Mike Lindell, a sponsor of the Stew Peters Show.

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