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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) A federal grand jury has charged six men with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in what investigators say was a plot by anti-government extremists who were angry over her coronavirus policies.
The indictment released Thursday by U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge levied the conspiracy charge against Adam Dean Fox, Barry Gordon Croft Jr., Ty Gerard Garbin, Kaleb James Franks, Daniel Joseph Harris and Brandon Michael-Ray Caserta. They are all from Michigan except for Croft, who lives in Delaware.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, Birge said in a statement.
The six were arrested in early October following an FBI investigation into an alleged plot to kidnap the Democratic governor at her vacation home in northern Michigan.
6 men indicted in plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer
By JOHN FLESHER
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A federal grand jury has charged six men with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in what investigators say was a plot by anti-government extremists who were angry over her coronavirus policies.
The indictment released Thursday by U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge levied the conspiracy charge against Adam Dean Fox, Barry Gordon Croft Jr., Ty Gerard Garbin, Kaleb James Franks, Daniel Joseph Harris and Brandon Michael-Ray Caserta. They are all from Michigan except for Croft, who lives in Delaware.
Six men were indicted for their alleged role in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Adam Dean Fox, Barry Gordon Croft Jr., Ty Gerard Garbin, Kaleb James Franks, Daniel Joseph Harris and Brandon Michael-Ray Caserta.
Man accused in plot to kidnap Michigan governor allegedly told others to kill police who interfered
December 17, 2020 / 4:17 PM / CBS/AP Evidence presented in Whitmer kidnapping case
One of the six men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer allegedly told the others that if they encountered police during a reconnaissance mission, they should give the officers one opportunity to leave, and kill them if they did not comply, according to an indictment released Thursday. Brandon Michael-Ray Caserta allegedly gave that instruction in an encrypted video message, the indictment says.
A federal grand jury has charged the men. The indictment, released by U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge, levied the conspiracy charge against Adam Dean Fox, Barry Gordon Croft Jr., Ty Gerard Garbin, Kaleb James Franks, Daniel Joseph Harris and Caserta.
The suspects arrested in the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer are captured on video exercising tactical drills.
Six suspects were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Adam Dean Fox, Barry Gordon Croft Jr., Ty Gerard Garbin, Kaleb James Franks, Daniel Joseph Harris, and Brandon Michael-Ray Caserta were each accused of working together to plan an abduction beginning in June 2020 until their arrest in October. The object of the conspiracy was to unlawfully seize, confine, kidnap, abduct and carry away, and hold for ransom and reward, or otherwise, the Governor of the State of Michigan, the indictment said.