Plainfield (New Hampshire) police say supporters of convicted tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown clogged emergency phone lines after the couple's web site claimed shots had been fired behind the house.

Police Chief Gordon Gillens said about 60 calls from all over the country came into the emergency lines in Hanover late Saturday night until about 6:30 a.m. Sunday.

Callers claimed gunshots were fired in the woods by the Browns' house and someone had physically shaken a trailer on the property. They were reacting to postings on the Browns' web site.

U.S. Marshal Steve Monier said no law enforcement were at the Browns' house over the weekend. Monier has said repeatedly he hopes to resolve the situation peacefully.

The Browns were convicted and sentenced to more than five years in prison for failing to pay their income taxes. They fled to their Plainfield home, which Ed Brown describes as a castle. Their cause has rallied anti-government and militia activists to their 110-acre home.