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A federal informant who was also allegedly robbed at gunpoint by the same man helped lead St. Louis Police to a suspect now charged in the first homicide of 2024 in the city. ....
Federal prosecutors disclosed Wednesday that a witness expected to testify for the defense at the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a defense lawyer said in a court filing. Carmen Hernandez, a lawyer for former Proud Boys chapter leader Zachary Rehl, asked a judge to schedule an immediate emergency hearing and suspend the trial “until these issues have been considered and resolved.” ....
The co-leader of a group that plotted to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Barry Croft Jr., was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison Wednesday. ....