Luther — Shotgun shells litter the ground. Human silhouettes are spray-painted in red on a wooden wall. Bullet holes are everywhere. This is a training ground of a group of men who plotted to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to the FBI. Buried deep in the northern Michigan woods, 30 miles southwest of Cadillac, […]
Alleged
Six men face federal charges and seven other men face state charges in the case. A few things jump out. First, this alleged plot, detailed by federal and state officials, was very plausible. It’s frightening to contemplate, but the alleged kidnapping scheme could well have succeeded had it not been […]
DETROIT — Thirteen people were charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said. Six people were charged in a federal investigation, and the Michigan attorney general charged seven. […]
Investigators have a trove of evidence — audio recordings of meeting, taped phone calls, group and individual texts and online chats — against the men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. It was gathered by two informants and two undercover FBI employees, according to the criminal complaint. The investigation began in early 2020, when […]
Campaigners say police are paying attention to cases that otherwise would have gone unheard – Olivier Douliery/AFP Campaigners have hailed a rare victory against sexual violence in the Middle East after prosecutors in Iran and Egypt announced the arrest of alleged rapists who were named online by women. Victims […]
Pastor Anthony Flores of the Evangelical Adventure Church purchased Fresno’s Tower Theater in January. (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times) A Fresno police officer is under investigation after he was spotted in photos and video posted online over the weekend that appear to show him affiliating with members of the […]
Michigan militia members helped the FBI thwart an alleged plot to kidnap and harm Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to a federal filing Friday that reveals new details about evidence that includes undercover agents and secret surveillance. Unidentified militia members have provided ongoing cooperation to a secret, federal grand jury investigation, the U.S. […]
The hunt for the ‘SoHo Karen’ has gone cross-country. Two New York City police detectives are traveling to California in pursuit of Miya Ponsetto, the woman who was recorded on Dec. 26 allegedly assaulting a 14-year-old Black child after she falsely accused him of stealing her iPhone at the Arlo […]
Sandoval is one of several Trump appointees in the federal government — some in senior roles — who are harnessing their expertise for the project, according to the group’s leader. The participation of administration officials in the project shows the extent of the efforts by the president’s allies to justify […]
Judge me on my actions not my words. That’s the potential line of defense for one of the 13 suspects accused of plotting to abduct Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer over her restrictive stay-at-home COVID-19 policies. The attorney for Ty Garbin, a purported member of the paramilitary militia group Wolverine Watchmen, […]