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WHEATLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Federal authorities had been monitoring members of a Michigan-based Christian militia preparing to fight the Antichrist for some time but were forced to "take them down" over the weekend after learning of an imminent threat against police, the U.S. attorney leading the prosecution said Tuesday.
Barbara McQuade's comments came three days after eight members of a small group of "Christian warriors" were arrested in several Midwestern states and a day after the FBI nabbed a ninth suspect, Joshua Stone, following a standoff at a trailer in rural Michigan.
"The time had come that we needed to arrest them and take them down," McQuade told The Associated Press in an interview at her office.
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Across the street in Detroit federal court, Stone was arraigned Tuesday and was ordered held without bond until a hearing Wednesday.
McQuade said the "most troubling" finding of the investigation was that Hutaree members plotted to make a false 911 call, kill responding officers and then use a bomb to kill many more at the funeral.
The nine suspects face seditious conspiracy charges after weekend raids in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Eight appeared in court Monday.
The arrests dealt "a severe blow to a dangerous organization that today stands accused of conspiring to levy war against the United States," Attorney General Eric Holder said.
In an indictment, prosecutors said the group began military-style training in the Michigan woods in 2008, learning how to shoot guns and make and set off bombs.
David Brian Stone, 44, of Clayton, Mich., and one of his sons were identified as ringleaders. Stone, known as "Captain Hutaree," organized the group in paramilitary fashion, prosecutors said. Ranks ranged from "radoks" to "gunners," according to the group's Web site.
"It started out as a Christian thing," Stone's ex-wife, Donna Stone, told The Associated Press. "You go to church. You pray. You take care of your family. I think David started to take it a little too far."
Holed up at home
Donna Stone said her ex-husband pulled her son, David Brian Stone Jr., into the movement. The arrest of another of the senior Stone's sons Monday night happened 30 miles from the site of the Michigan raid, at a home where he was found with five other adults and a child.r a more widespread uprising against the government," the indictment said.
The charges against the nine suspects include seditious conspiracy — plotting to levy war against the U.S. — possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, teaching the use of explosives, and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction — homemade bombs.
Hutaree says on its Web site its name means "Christian warrior." The group quotes several Bible passages and declares: "We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an Anti-Christ. ... Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment."
WHEATLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Federal authorities had been monitoring members of a Michigan-based Christian militia preparing to fight the Antichrist for some time but were forced to "take them down" over the weekend after learning of an imminent threat against police, the U.S. attorney leading the prosecution said Tuesday.
Barbara McQuade's comments came three days after eight members of a small group of "Christian warriors" were arrested in several Midwestern states and a day after the FBI nabbed a ninth suspect, Joshua Stone, following a standoff at a trailer in rural Michigan.
"The time had come that we needed to arrest them and take them down," McQuade told The Associated Press in an interview at her office.
Story continues below ↓advertisement | your ad here
Across the street in Detroit federal court, Stone was arraigned Tuesday and was ordered held without bond until a hearing Wednesday.
McQuade said the "most troubling" finding of the investigation was that Hutaree members plotted to make a false 911 call, kill responding officers and then use a bomb to kill many more at the funeral.
The nine suspects face seditious conspiracy charges after weekend raids in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Eight appeared in court Monday.
The arrests dealt "a severe blow to a dangerous organization that today stands accused of conspiring to levy war against the United States," Attorney General Eric Holder said.
In an indictment, prosecutors said the group began military-style training in the Michigan woods in 2008, learning how to shoot guns and make and set off bombs.
David Brian Stone, 44, of Clayton, Mich., and one of his sons were identified as ringleaders. Stone, known as "Captain Hutaree," organized the group in paramilitary fashion, prosecutors said. Ranks ranged from "radoks" to "gunners," according to the group's Web site.
"It started out as a Christian thing," Stone's ex-wife, Donna Stone, told The Associated Press. "You go to church. You pray. You take care of your family. I think David started to take it a little too far."
Holed up at home
Donna Stone said her ex-husband pulled her son, David Brian Stone Jr., into the movement. The arrest of another of the senior Stone's sons Monday night happened 30 miles from the site of the Michigan raid, at a home where he was found with five other adults and a child.r a more widespread uprising against the government," the indictment said.
The charges against the nine suspects include seditious conspiracy — plotting to levy war against the U.S. — possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, teaching the use of explosives, and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction — homemade bombs.
Hutaree says on its Web site its name means "Christian warrior." The group quotes several Bible passages and declares: "We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an Anti-Christ. ... Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment."
I agree, but for someone to take passages out of the bible and out of context, you will see more and more of this I am afraid. I think it is one of those things that will lead to the banning of the bible and people of faith losing their rights, as spoken of in revelations? But this could potentially be a really really bad thing if it takes hold, you are absolutely correct!
The bible is one of the most violent things ever written....If some one were to take it literal imagine the carnage that would insue.....If you look at all the horrible things that have been doen in the name of religion throug out hstory I am not surprised by this one bit.
http://hutaree.com/
Link to website
Link to website
I guess we got extremists on every corner. This one particularly bothers me, because if you go to their website, they quote scripture right out of the bible, but their actions are kind of out there. To plot to kill a police man then use bombs to get even more at that guys funeral? Guess they really dont like the police? I hope this is not a trend.
The Militia groups are dropping like flies....They are not all like the above mentioned..
Whlie government funded extremist groups continue on...Acorn, La raza unida....
Whlie government funded extremist groups continue on...Acorn, La raza unida....
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