A state judge has ordered five men to stand trial on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
FILE - This booking photo provided by the Antrim County, Mich., Sheriff's Office shows William Null. Null is one of several charged, Oct. 8, 2020, in state court on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — — Five men were turned over for trial Wednesday on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
District Judge Michael Stepka ruled that evidence presented in a preliminary hearing justified a trial in Antrim County, where Whitmer’s Elk Rapids vacation home is located and prosecutors say the abduction was to happen. Prosecutors say four of the defendants scouted the house and surroundings, and there was talk of blowing up a bridge to keep police from responding.
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