Tag: militia
Posted on Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 12:00:16 PM EST
Tags: Hutaree, militia, Michigan (all tags)
Nine people arrested over the weekend believed to be connected to an extremist Christian Militia have been charged in federal court in Detroit.
Nine members of a Michigan-based Christian militia group have been indicted on sedition and weapons charges in connection with an alleged plot to murder law enforcement officers in hopes of setting off an anti-government uprising.
In court filings unsealed Monday, the Justice Department accused the nine people of planning to kill an unidentified law enforcement officer, then plant improvised explosive devices of a type used by insurgents in Iraq to attack the funeral procession.
The Indictment (available here) was returned on March 23 and unsealed today. According to the Times: [More...]
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