Alleged Whitmer kidnap plotters planned to use ‘weapon of mass destruction,’ new indictment says
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Anti-government militia men discussed exploding a bridge to slow police after they kidnapped Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her Elk Rapids vacation home, the FBI says.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, April 28, filed new charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction against three men suspected in the abduction plot that was exposed following the arrests of 14 people in October. The new indictments are against: Adam Fox, 40, of Wyoming, Michigan; Barry Croft Jr., 45, of Bear, Delaware; and Daniel Joseph Harris, 23, of Lake Orion.
Weapon of mass destruction charges added in 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan governor
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Indicted in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are (from top left, clockwise) Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris, Barry Gordon Croft Jr., Adam Fox and Brandon Caserta.
GRAND RAPIDS Prosecutors added charges Wednesday against three of six people accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr. and Daniel Harris conspired to use a weapon of mass destruction, namely a plan to blow up a bridge near Whitmer s second home in northern Michigan to hinder police, according to an expanded indictment filed in federal court in Grand Rapids.
Charges Added Against 3 Men In Plot To Kidnap Michigan Governor
The men are accused of conspiring to blow up a bridge near Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s home as part of a 2020 kidnapping plot.
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Three of six men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are also accused of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction during the attempt.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) Prosecutors added charges Wednesday against three of six people accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr. and Daniel Harris conspired to use a weapon of mass destruction, namely a plan to blow up a bridge near Whitmer’s second home in northern Michigan to hinder police, according to an expanded indictment filed in federal court in Grand Rapids.