Barbara McQuade said Tuesday that federal investigators had been watching the group called Hutaree for some time and felt compelled to act based on an imminent threat against police.
McQuade says the "most troubling" finding 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 face seditious conspiracy charges after weekend raids in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Eight appeared in court Monday.
One suspect, 21-one-year-old Joshua Matthew Stone, was arraigned Tuesday and was ordered held without bond until a hearing Wednesday.
The last of nine people charged with plotting to kill police has been arraigned in a Detroit federal court.
Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Matthew Stone was arraigned Tuesday before a U.S. District Court magistrate and was ordered held without bond until a hearing Wednesday.
Stone peacefully surrendered Monday night in Hillsdale County's Wheatland Township.
Authorities say Stone's father and seven others charged Monday were part of the Michigan-based Hutaree. They say the group plotted to kill a police officer and slaughter scores more by bombing the funeral — all in hopes of touching off an uprising against the government.
Stone was the only suspect not arrested during weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
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