A Wisconsin man charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan s governor has dropped an appeal of his extradition and will be heading east to face charges soon.
Brian Higgins, 52, of Wisconsin Dells, is among more than a dozen men, most from Michigan, charged with conspiracy, supporting terrorism and other counts related to what the FBI calls a thwarted plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and take her to Wisconsin to be tried for treason. The group was upset with restrictions she ordered to fight the spread of COVID-19.
Another Wisconsin man, charged here federally last month with illegal possession of a sniper rifle, reportedly was also around the conspirators but was acting as an informant for the FBI.
JANESVILLE
A $5 million cash bond was set Friday for a Janesville man accused of murdering a woman in a Wisconsin Dells hotel room after assaulting her in Janesville 12 days earlier.
Jeremy L. Mondy, 34, of 2948 Carrousel Lane, No. 5, Janesville, had been released on a signature bond in a Rock County case in which he was accused of strangling and imprisoning the woman Feb. 2.
Mondy was already out on bond in an April 2020 domestic abuse case involving the same woman, and he was ordered to have no contact with the woman in both cases, Columbia County District Attorney Brenda Yaskal said at Fridayâs hearing.
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Dec 17, 2020
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin man accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should be extradited to Michigan, but he will be given a chance to appeal first, a judge ruled.
Brian Higgins was allegedly part of a crew conducting surveillance of the governor’s vacation home for the kidnapping plot. He is charged with material support of an act of terrorism.
The Wisconsin Dells man, 52, is jailed in Columbia County until the appeal of his extradition is decided.
Defense attorney Christopher Van Wagner argued that Michigan extradition order should not be granted, saying Whitmer has a conflict of interest in the matter because she is the victim, WLUK-TV reported.