Alleged ringleader in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer seeks release from custody
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
Posted Jan 02, 2021
Barry G. Croft Jr., 44, of Bear, Delaware.
He is one of several people charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, authorities said Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in announcing charges in an alleged scheme that involved months of planning and even rehearsals to snatch Whitmer from her vacation home.
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WILIMINGTON, DE A Delaware man alleged to be a ringleader in a would-be coup to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is seeking to be released from incarceration as his case is pending.
Barry G. Croft Jr. and 12 Michigan men were arrested and charged in October in a domestic terrorist plot.
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Barry Croft, the Delaware man charged with plotting to kidnap the governor of Michigan, is asking to be released from prison as he awaits court hearings.
In court filings, federal prosecutors characterize Croft as one ringleader in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer alongside at least a dozen others charged in both federal and state courts. They claim releasing Croft, whom they describe as a violent extremist, would be unreasonable.
A Delaware man accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and who investigators say threatened to hang President Donald Trump, wants out of a prison coping with COVID-19.
Barry Croft, 45, of Bear, Delaware, requested bond Friday, two days after being indicted in a kidnapping conspiracy case alongside five others. Croft was arrested in New Jersey in October after investigators said they thwarted the kidnap plot and he has not been brought to federal court in Grand Rapids to face charges.
Croft, who FBI agents say posted a hit list on Facebook targeting Muslims and politicians, including former President Barack Obama, complained about the delay in a court filing.