Hutaree

BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The new lawman in a Washtenaw County township is a former militia member. Michael Meeks last week won the job of constable in Bridgewater Township, near Manchester. The former member of the Hutaree (hoo-TAR'-ee)...

BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A former militia member who was acquitted of plotting to rebel against the U.S. government hopes to have a new gig: township constable. Michael Meeks got 120 votes in the Republican primary Tuesday in Washtenaw...

DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday gutted the government's case against seven members of a Michigan militia, dismissing the most serious charges in an extraordinary defeat for federal authorities who insisted they had captured homegrown rural...

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan militia leader and his son pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing a machine gun, giving prosecutors their only gain in a domestic terror trial that was upended when the judge dismissed charges of plotting war against the...

DETROIT (AP) — The stunning acquittal of seven Michigan militia members charged with conspiring to launch a war against the government by killing a police officer and then attacking the funeral to kill more officers could make federal agents...

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of seven Michigan militia members displayed pictures and dramatic video of bombs ripping through steel drums and cars Thursday, all demonstrations conducted by agents with explosive parts or diagrams linked to...

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday defended their criminal case against seven members of a Michigan militia who are seeking dismissal of key charges related to an alleged conspiracy to rebel against the U.S. government. A request for acquittal is...

DETROIT (AP) — A jury Friday heard the leader of a southern Michigan Christian militia talk about attacking police officers and his fear of foreign troops on U.S. soil in conversations secretly recorded by an FBI agent who infiltrated the group....

DETROIT (AP) — The leader of a southern Michigan Christian militia says in a conversation secretly recorded by an undercover informant that he would kill police officers and their family members as part of a prelude to a larger war against the...

DETROIT (AP) — Prospective jurors have filled out a 30-page questionnaire in the case of seven people charged with trying to stir rebellion against the U.S. government. The answers will help lawyers and Detroit federal Judge Victoria Roberts pick a...

DETROIT (AP) — One of nine people charged in an investigation of a southern Michigan militia has pleaded guilty to a firearm charge in the case. The U.S. attorney's office says 26-year-old Joshua Clough (kluhf) pleaded guilty Monday in U.S....

DETROIT (AP) — Federal court officials in Detroit say there will be no guilty plea next Tuesday for one of nine people charged in an investigation of a southern Michigan Christian militia accused of planning to kill a police officer and then...