Nearly two months after their arrest, court hearings are proceeding in the Michigan Department of Attorney General\u2019s cases against members and associates of the Wolverine Watchmen, who face felony charges following law enforcement\u2019s unveiling of an alleged domestic terrorism plot that included storming the Capitol building and kidnapping elected officials.<\/p>\n
A bond hearing for two defendants \u2013 William Null, of Shelbyville, and Michael Null, of Plainville, both 38 \u2013 was held Wednesday in Antrim County 86th District Court before Hon. Michael Stepka.<\/p>\n
Judge Stepka reduced bond for each defendant to $250,000, 10 percent surety. They are expected to make bond today and be released from custody. Both defendants are each charged with one count of:
\n\u2022 Providing material support for terrorist acts \u2013 a 20-year felony and\/or $20,000 fine; and
\n\u2022 Carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony; felony firearm \u2013 a two-year mandatory prison sentence to be served consecutively.<\/p>\n
A probable cause conference in Jackson County 12th District Court for another defendant, Peter Musico, 42, of Munith, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n
Other Jackson County defendants \u2013 Joseph Morrison, 26, of Munith, and Paul Bellar, 21, of Milford \u2013 have a probable cause conference scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Dec. 18.<\/p>\n
Court dates are subject to change. Future court dates\u202ffor Antrim County defendants\u202fcan be tracked\u202fonline at the court\u2019s website, while\u202fthose for\u202fJackson County defendants can\u202falso be tracked online.<\/p>\n
Along with the expected release of the Nulls, defendants Bellar, Musico and Shawn Fix, 38, of Belleville, have made bond and were released from law enforcement custody. All other defendants remain in custody.
\nExtradition efforts continue for one defendant, 52-year-old Brian Higgins, of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. He is being extradited to Michigan from Columbia County, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n
An extradition hearing is scheduled in Wisconsin on Dec. 15. Once he is returned to Michigan, he will be arraigned in Antrim County 86th District Court on a 20-year felony charge of material support\u202fof an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n
The Attorney General\u2019s office has charged eight men connected to the alleged domestic terrorism plot. Additional men are facing federal charges.<\/p>\n
More than 200 state and federal law enforcement officials\u00a0 \u2013 including experts from outside of Michigan \u2013 were involved in the operation in early October. A series of search warrants and arrest warrants in more than a dozen cities around the state, including Belleville, Cadillac, Canton, Charlotte, Clarkston, Grand Rapids, Luther, Munith, Orion Township, Ovid, Portage, Shelby Township and Waterford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly two months after their arrest, court hearings are proceeding in the Michigan Department of Attorney General\u2019s cases…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n