Second Trial Date Set for Suspects in Whitmer Kidnapping
July 1, 2022 10:42AM EDT
FILE – This photo combo of images provided by the Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice, respectively, shows Adam Dean Fox, left, and Barry Croft Jr. on April 8, 2022, A judge on Thursday, June, 30, 2022, set Aug. 9, 2022, for a second trial for the two men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. A jury in April acquitted two other men but couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict for the pair. (Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice via AP File)
Two men charged with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will have a second trial on Aug. 9. A jury deadlocked on a verdict for Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. in April, in a trial where Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were acquitted.
Investigators described Fox and Croft as leaders of the plan to kidnap Whitmer at her vacation home in 2020. Prosecutors said the group was angry over pandemic restrictions and were anti government extremists.
