David Stone Jr. David Stone Jr., the youngest of nine Hutaree militia suspects arrested after a raid in the Ann Arbor area a year ago, is no terrorist, his friends and family members told the Detroit Free Press. Stone is charged with seditious conspiracy, attempting to use weapons of mass ...
An Adrian gun dealer who gained national media attention after federal prosecutors alleged he was affiliated with Hutaree militia members, was acquitted of a gun charge Thursday by a federal jury in Detroit, court records show. Walter Priest, 53, the owner of Gun Outfitters LLC was found not guilty of ...
FBI agents are continuing their probe into the Hutaree militia, executing a search warrant last month on T-Mobile for records associated with four cell phone numbers, federal court documents say. Specifically, agents were looking for any communication among three Hutaree members, a member's wife and "others" from March 27 to ...
The lawyer for an Adrian gun dealer charged with possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number has asked that the case be dismissed, alleging retaliatory and selective prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Walter Priest, 53, is being prosecuted not because of an alleged illegal gun sale two years ...
A Hillsdale man investigated in recent months for allegedly making threats against President Barack Obama was convicted in 1997 for his role in the fatal shooting of a bodyguard for militia leader Mark Koernke, records show. John Maurice Stephenson, 63, was arrested Wednesday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with ...
Mark Koernke, a longtime local militia leader who lives outside Dexter, predicted the war he had long been waiting for was about to occur when nine members of the Hutaree militia were arrested in late March, ArborWeb, the website of the Ann Arbor Observer reports. The website has a lengthy ...
Five members of the Hutaree militia charged with conspiring to rebel against the government and use weapons of mass destruction will remain in jail while awaiting trial, an appeals court said today, reversing a decision by a federal judge. Each man is dangerous and "no conditions of release will reasonably ...
A federal grand jury today handed down an indictment of additional charges in the Hutaree militia case, accusing alleged leader David Stone Sr. and three other members of possessing machine guns or other illegal weapons, the Detroit News is reporting.
A federal appeals court wants to hear arguments before deciding whether to release five Hutaree militia members from jail until trial. In an order Tuesday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set arguments for June 8 in Cincinnati.
A fourth member of the Hutaree militia accused of plotting to overthrow the government was released from jail Wednesday after prosecutors said they were confident that the strict conditions under which he was set free would ensure the public's safety. Kristopher Sickles of Sandusky, Ohio, will be electronically monitored 24 ...
Two members of a Michigan-based Hutaree militia who are accused of conspiring to overthrow the government were released from jail today until trial after prosecutors withdrew their efforts to keep them in custody. David Stone Jr. and Jacob Ward were released to family members after appearing in federal court in ...
Nine Midwestern militia members accused of conspiring against the government must stay locked up while prosecutors challenge an order that would release them until trial, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said it was continuing a temporary ...
From the Associated Press DETROIT — A federal appeals court on Thursday issued an emergency stay blocking, at least temporarily, the release of nine jailed Hutaree militia members accused of conspiring to overthrow the U.S. government. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati issued the stay shortly after U.S. ...
DETROIT -- Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they're appealing the pending release of nine jailed Michigan militia members charged with wanting to overthrow the government, warning that freeing the defendants could endanger the public. The U.S. attorney's office met a deadline to declare whether it would appeal a judge's order that ...
The federal government late Monday convinced a judge to delay the release of nine members of the Christian militia group Hutaree. Earlier Monday, U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts overturned the April 2 decision of a federal magistrate judge. She said all could be released with electronic monitoring devices and other ...
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