Anti-vax missionary family who fled the US due to COVID mandates before being arrested on Dominica for importing illegal guns and ammo is kicked out of the Caribbean and returns to Indiana in disgrace... while their belongings are seized on island

An anti-vax family of Christian missionaries from Indiana who fled to the Caribbean to avoid COVID mandates has been kicked off the island of Dominica. 

Jason and Jennifer Grogg packed up their entire lives and moved their four children to the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2021 to avoid getting vaccinated amidst the COVID pandemic. 

In Spring 2023 the pair were arrested alongside their two teenage daughters after police found a handgun and ammunition which they had stored in a shipping container during the move. 

Jason, who was a firearms instructor, was not legally allowed to have any of his guns and ammunition in Dominica - but he claimed the weaponry was 'accidentally packed up' and shipped all the way to the Caribbean. 

Last week the family were deported from Dominica after being entangled in the island's legal system. 

An anti-vax family of Christian missionaries from Indiana who fled to the Caribbean to avoid COVID mandates has been kicked off the island of Dominica (pictured: Jason and Jennifer Grogg with their four children) 

Jason and Jennifer Grogg packed up their entire lives and moved their four children to the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2021 to avoid getting vaccinated amidst the COVID pandemic 

On March 6, the family were sent packing back to Logansport, Indiana, where they came from. 

'They gave us about five minutes to pack things,' Jason told IndyStar.

'We just got our computer backpacks, and that was it. I had no money. I had my wallet. My ID - they took that from me.' 

Jason and his family's passports were confiscated by the government following his initial arrest. Authorities returned the passports of his wife and kids following the deportation but his is still being seized. 

In a vlog titled 'Wicked Dominica Government Deports Grogg Family,' Jason Grogg, 44, ranted the situation. 

'I guess the wicked government of Dominica is just gonna dump us in Miami and expect us to find our way when everything we own is in Dominica,' Jason said. 

He added that the government showed up at 5 am and 'almost knocked the door down' and then 'pretended to look for guns for about 10 minutes' before telling them they were being deported.

'What a bunch of incompetent morons,' he said. 'Well there's gonna be hell to pay because I'm a fighter.'

'They started something, I intend to end it,' Jason said - adding that he was going to be the 'white thorn in their flesh for a very long time.'

In Spring 2023 the pair were arrested alongside their two teenage daughters after police found a handgun and ammunition which they had stored in a shipping container during the move

'I guess the wicked government of Dominica is just gonna dump us in Miami and expect us to find our way when everything we own is in Dominica,' Jason said in a vlog following the deportation  

Back in Indiana, family and friends are helping the Groggs as their belongings remain in Dominica. 

Grogg is vowing to continue fighting to return to Dominica to live permanently. 'This is where God wants to place us,' he said, 'and the Dominican people are worth it.'

The 44-year-old father previously said his family left the United States for a 'very particular reason when it came to the COVID nonsense.' 

He also said they 'saw very clearly this is the path that God was wanting us to take for purposes unknown.' 

The family also left America because of their displeasure with the expansion of LGBTQ rights, according to self-published newsletters of their travels reviewed by the Star. 

The Grogg family say they have been unfairly targeted and harassed by the Dominica government. 

Dominica, not to be confused with the Dominican Republic, is a small island nation in the Caribbean with a population of about 74,000 and a nominal per capita GDP of $9,356, according to IMF data. 

Their troubles began in April, when after a police encounter, cops searched their belongings, including the shipping container from the US, which was being stored behind their church.

Police said they found a 9mm Glock 19 pistol, multiple magazines, and assorted ammunition.

Jason told the Star that he had packed the gun accidentally, and intended to secure a permit to legally possess it.

He said the handgun was initially found in a tote in an unsecured room inside of the church building, where he was sorting out items from the shipping container with permission from the group. 

Jason and his wife were both arrested, along with daughters Hannah, 18, and Gracia, 16. 

Back in Indiana, family and friends are helping the Groggs as their belongings remain in Dominica

'My wife and my two daughters were essentially in a cell that was 4 feet by less than 10 feet for seven days. It was just it was incredibly inhumane,' Jason told the Star. 

In a deal to free his wife and daughters, Jason pleaded guilty to possessing the firearm charge, and paid a fine of $25,000 East Caribbean dollars, or about $9,250 US dollars.

After being arrested, their two youngest children were sent to a home for abused and neglected children. 

Soon after he was freed, Jason was arrested again at the airport, as he tried to visit the US consulate in Barbados. 

He was jailed for about another week on new customs charges, alleging the family evaded paying import duties on items they brought to the country.