Wolverine Watchmen is accused of plotting with different men to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, its own militia set of Michigan men and more than a dozen men are facing charges in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap.
According to the report, thirteen people were arrested and six of those men were detained on federal charges, another seven face nation domestic terror charges.
Adam Fox who's a Michigan resident and his telephone call have been recorded, in the telephone, he stated Adam said he needed 200 men to storm the Capitol and take hostages, including the governor. Furthermore, Adam Fox wished to try out the governor for"treason" before the November 2020 elections.
Who is Adam Fox Wolverine Watchmen Militia Group?
Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico are members of the Wolverine Watchmen, it's a group that has been fierce advocates of the Second Amendment and gun rights in general. According to the FBI, Adam Fox contacted a Michigan-based-militia team to try and recruit individuals to help execute a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and was living in West Michigan, dividing his time between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.
According to the report, Adam gathered recruits at the basement of a Grand Rapids company, utilizing a trap door hidden beneath a rug.
A former friend of Adam, Brian Titus told a news outlet"I knew that he was at a militia but I did not know that he was this to it," said Titus. Later, he said that he hired Adam Fox after he had been kicked out of his office and he was 19 years old during this time.
Brian said"He was a worker of mine and I had no clue what was happening. He had some dark secrets and he had been doing this after hours so I had no idea." While working there that he had been a part of the militia group but he was kicked out and then started his own.
FBI became conscious of 2020 through social networking a group of people had been allegedly talking the"violent overthrow of particular government and law enforcement elements," naming Barry Croft and Fox.
Adam Fox moved to the east side of the country to meet with friends and intended to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Since November 2019, Wolverine Watchmen Militia has been recruited associates using a social networking platform, Facebook, and the recruited members conveyed via a secure, encrypted messaging platform, as stated by the report.
Members of Wolverine Watchmen Militia Group.
Paul Bellar, 21, of Milford, Shawn Fix, 38, of Belleville, Eric Molitor, 36, of Cadillac, Michael Null, 38, of PlainwellWilliam Null, 38, of Shelbyville, Pete Musico, 42, and Joseph Morrison, 42.
These men will show up in court Thursday, they were scheduled to be back in court due to their preliminary hearing Oct. 13.