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A federal grand jury has added weapons of mass destruction charges against three suspects, including a Delaware man, accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in an alleged plan that involved blowing up a bridge to slow down the cops.
The new charges carry life sentences.
They were added Wednesday in what is known as a superseding or new indictment against the accused ringleader, Adam Fox, 40, of Wyoming, and two of his alleged cohorts: Barry Croft Jr., 45, of Bear, Delaware, and Daniel Joseph Harris, 23, of Lake Orion.
All three are charged with plotting to blow up a bridge near Whitmer s vacation home last fall to essentially hinder the governor’s security detail and any responding law enforcement officers.
The new charges carry life sentences.
They were added Wednesday in what is known as a superseding or new indictment against the accused ringleader, Adam Fox, 40, of Wyoming and two of his alleged cohorts: Barry Croft Jr., 45, of Bear, Delaware; and Daniel Joseph Harris, 23, of Lake Orion.
All three are charged with plotting to blow up a bridge near Whitmer s vacation home last fall to essentially hinder the governor’s security detail and any responding law enforcement officers.
The new charges come six months after undercover informants and federal agents helped foil an alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home and leave her stranded in a boat in Lake Michigan. The undercover informants and agents had embedded themselves in the group, which allegedly met and schemed in the basement of a vacuum shop in the Grand Rapids area and held training exercises at various locations across the state.
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April 29, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
Three of the six men charged by federal authorities with plotting to kidnap and kill Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are now facing additional counts of planning to use weapons of mass destruction to blow up a bridge.
40-year-old Adam Fox of Wyoming, Michigan; 45-year-old Barry Croft Jr. of Bear, Delaware; and 23-year-old Daniel Joseph Harris of Lake Orion, Michigan, were charged with knowingly conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property. (Left to right - top photo)
The U.S. Justice Department said the charges were brought by a federal grand jury. Croft, Fox and Harris along with Brandon Caserta, Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks were arrested and charged in October with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home in rural Antrim County.
Prosecutors say the men were furious with the governor for shutting down the state during the Covid-19 pandemic and vowed to try her for treason.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing last October. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (CN) Five men charged with conspiring to kidnap Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were hit with more charges Wednesday that could put them in prison for life, after a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment that added firearms violations and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.
The defendants are Adam Fox, 40, of Wyoming, Michigan; Barry Croft Jr., 45, of Bear, Delaware; Daniel Joseph Harris, 23, of Lake Orion, Michigan, Brandon Caserta, 32, of Canton Township, Michigan; and Kaleb Franks, 26, of Waterford, Michigan.