kidnapping plot

Prosecutors are recommending a life prison sentence for Barry Croft Jr., co-leader of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s governor. They've reminded a judge that social media posts and secretly recorded conversations revealed a chilling desire to spark a “reign of terror” in 2020

Adam Fox returned to federal court Tuesday, four months after he and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of conspiracy charges at a second trial in Grand Rapids.

Fox faces a possible life sentence Tuesday for conspiring to abduct Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and blow up a bridge near her vacation home

The three were convicted of providing material support for a terrorist act

Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar await scheduled sentencing Thursday. They were convicted in October of providing material support for a terrorist act, which carries a maximum term of 20 years

Judge Michael Stepka ruled Wednesday that evidence presented in a preliminary hearing justified a trial. The trial will take place in Antrim County, where Whitmer's Elk Rapids vacation home is located and prosecutors say the abduction was to happen.

The government filed a sentencing memo Monday in Grand Rapids, a week before Adam Fox faces a judge

Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were found guilty Wednesday of providing “material support” for a terrorist act as members of a paramilitary group, the Wolverine Watchmen

The three men are accused of providing assistance earlier that summer, especially in June 2020 when a leader of the plot drilled with their paramilitary group in Jackson County, Michigan.

The trio is not accused of having a direct role in the Whitmer kidnapping scheme, the main charge is providing material support for a terrorist act, especially gun drills and ambush training