My hero. Chuck is quite a bit older than me, having been born to one of my dad's oldest sisters (he was second youngest of 13 kids, so there was about a 20 year span between him and my aunt). I will always remember Chuck from when I was a kid, and we would spend Sunday afternoons at my aunt and uncle's place. He always had something fun (and probably not entirely legal...) for us kids to do. All of his cousins looked up to him, as he was one of the oldest, but yet loved to play with, and entertain us.
Chuck has had a hard life. Most of it he has brought upon himself. He is as stubborn as any Irishman before or since, with a heart as big as any man's. Most of his personal troubles have come about through his desire to help others. This desire led him to a career as a cop, and eventually ended his career as a cop. How ironic.
He hasn't slowed down a bit, though. Chuck takes great pleasure in poking his finger in the eye of gubmint bureaucracy and inefficiency, taunting them to do what is right by the people by following his lead. Anyway, kind of a long article, but it pretty well captures the essence of Chuck.
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2007-02-28/news/king-of-iron-mountain-a-trip-inside-the-fred-sanford-fiefdom-of-a-vigilante-ex-cop.php