CLAYTON, Mich. — This tiny village was to be ground-zero for a Christian revolution sparked by the planned killing of a local law officer and then snowballing into a violent battle and nationwide revolution, according to a federal indictment Monday against nine men accused of plotting the violence.
The Lenawee County village of a few hundred homes, about 50 miles northwest of Toledo, appears to the base for the militia group, known as the Hutaree.
Clayton resident Dick Ream, 67, described seeing the group — about a dozen — around town each month.
“They had a militia meeting every month. There were guys in uniforms running around. Some of them had guns,” he said. “It was no real surprise, with all these people being part of the militia, that something must have been up.”
Indicted were: David Brian Stone, 45, his wife, Tina Mae Stone, 44, his son, Joshua Matthew Stone, 21, all of Clayton, and his other son, David Brian Stone, Jr., 19, of Adrian, Mich.; Joshua John Clough, 28, of Blissfield, Mich.; Michael David Meeks, 40, of Manchester, Mich.; Thomas William Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind.; Kristopher T. Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio, and Jacob J. Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio.
The Lenawee County village of a few hundred homes, about 50 miles northwest of Toledo, appears to the base for the militia group, known as the Hutaree.
Clayton resident Dick Ream, 67, described seeing the group — about a dozen — around town each month.
“They had a militia meeting every month. There were guys in uniforms running around. Some of them had guns,” he said. “It was no real surprise, with all these people being part of the militia, that something must have been up.”
Indicted were: David Brian Stone, 45, his wife, Tina Mae Stone, 44, his son, Joshua Matthew Stone, 21, all of Clayton, and his other son, David Brian Stone, Jr., 19, of Adrian, Mich.; Joshua John Clough, 28, of Blissfield, Mich.; Michael David Meeks, 40, of Manchester, Mich.; Thomas William Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind.; Kristopher T. Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio, and Jacob J. Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio.
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