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US seeks 9-year prison term for Gov. Whitmer kidnap plotter

Ty Garbin pleaded guilty to conspiracy just four months after being arrested.
Credit: Kent County Jail
Ty Garbin is one of six people indicted on a federal charge of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors are recommending a nine-year prison sentence for a man who says he worked on a wild plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. 

Ty Garbin pleaded guilty to conspiracy just four months after being arrested. In a court filing, the government says he deserves credit for assisting investigators. 

The FBI last October said it broke up a plot to kidnap the Democratic governor by anti-government extremists who were upset over her coronavirus restrictions. Garbin and five other men were charged in federal court. Others were charged in state court with aiding them. 

Garbin will be sentenced on Aug. 25 in federal court in Grand Rapids.

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