Christian Militia in US (update)

Not guilty pleas have been entered in Michigan on behalf of eight of nine members of a Christian militia that prosecutors claim plotted to kill police officers and kick-start a violent revolution.
The eight were arraigned Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, including the alleged ringleader, 44-year-old David Brian Stone.
Stone was among nine members of the Hutaree militia arrested after a series of raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. A court document says an undercover FBI agent and a cooperating witness were part of the federal probe.
A hearing to determine if they'll be released on bail began Wednesday for Stone and six others. One suspect's bond hearing will be Thursday.
The ninth suspect was in court in Indiana, and will be arraigned later in Michigan.
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Associated Press Writer Tom Coyne in Hammond, Ind. contributed to this report.
Not guilty pleas have been entered in Michigan on behalf of seven of nine members of a Christian militia that prosecutors claim plotted to kill police officers. The seven were arraigned Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit. The hearing was delayed while a lawyer for the alleged ringleader, 44-year-old David Brian Stone, traveled to the courthouse from Miami.
Stone was among nine members of the Hutaree militia arrested after a series of raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. A court document says an undercover FBI agent and a cooperating witness were part of the federal probe.
Hearings to determine if they'll be released on bail were expected later Wednesday for Stone and six others. One suspect's bond hearing will be Thursday.
The ninth suspect is in court in Indiana.

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Christian Militia in US confirmed

The U.S. attorney leading the prosecution against nine suspected members of a Michigan-based Christian militia says authorities "needed to arrest them and take them down."
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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