From top left, David Brian Stone Sr., 44, of Clayton, Mich,; David Brian Stone Jr. of Adrian, Mich,; Jacob Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio; Tina Mae Stone and bottom row from left, Michael David Meeks, 40, of Manchester, Mich,; Kristopher T. Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio; Joshua John Clough, 28, of Blissfield, Mich.; and Thomas William Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind.
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- From top left, David Brian Stone Sr., 44, of Clayton, Mich,; David Brian Stone Jr. of Adrian, Mich,; Jacob Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio; Tina Mae Stone and bottom row from left, Michael David Meeks, 40, of Manchester, Mich,; Kristopher T. Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio; Joshua John Clough, 28, of Blissfield, Mich.; and Thomas William Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind. AP/ U.S. Marshal
- Donna Stone, David Brian Stone's ex-wife cries as she talks to members of the media outside the Federal Courthouse on Monday, March 29, 2010 in Detroit. David Stone and David Stone Jr., Donna's son, were among several members of a Midwest Christian militia called Hutaree, who were charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then attack a funeral using homemade bombs in the hopes of killing more law enforcement personnel, federal prosecutors said Monday. Donna Stone, told The Associated Press before the arraignments that her former husband was to blame for pulling her son into the Hutaree movement. She said David Brian Stone legally adopted her son, David Brian Stone Jr., who is among those indicted. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)
- In this image made from video, Hammond, Ind., police search the home of Thomas William Piatek in Whiting, Ind. on Monday March 29, 2010. Piatek is one of nine suspects tied to a Midwest Christian militia preparing for the Antichrist and who were charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then attack a funeral using homemade bombs in the hopes of killing more law enforcement personnel, federal prosecutors said Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Carlson)
- Parents of Michael David Meeks leave the Federal Courthouse after their son and other members of the Christian militia group named Hutaree were arraigned for seditious conspiracy, attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, teaching the use of explosive materials and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence on Monday, March 29, 2010 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)
- In this photo from video is the Whiting, Ind., home of Thomas William Piatek. Piatek is one of nine suspects tied to a Midwest Christian militia that was preparing for the Antichrist were charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then attack a funeral using homemade bombs in the hopes of killing more law enforcement personnel, federal prosecutors said Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Carlson)
- A law enforcement official walks out of an armored vehicle tank in a staging area in Hillsdale County, Mich. during a search for a fugitive who is part of a Christian militia group Monday March 29, 2010. Nine members of a Christian militia group that claimed to be preparing to fight the Antichrist were charged Monday with plotting to kill a police officer and then slaughter scores more by bombing the funeral, all in hopes of touching off an uprising against the government. Eight members of the Michigan-based Hutaree were arrested over the weekend in raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, and another was still being sought. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
- In this courtroom drawing Thomas William Piatek of Whiting, Ind. appears before judge Paul Cherry in U.S. District Court Monday, March 29, 2010, in Hammond, Ind. Piatek is one off nine suspects tied to a Christian militia in the Midwest that are charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then attack a funeral in the hopes of killing more law enforcement people, federal prosecutors said Monday. (AP Photo/(L.D. Chuckman)
- A gun leaning against a washing machine is seen on the yard in front of a trailer on property belonging to David Brian Stone, the leader of Midwest Christian militia Hutaree, Monday March 29, 2010, the day after an FBI raid in Clayton, Mich. Nine suspects tied to a Midwest Christian militia that was preparing for the Antichrist were charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then attack a funeral using homemade bombs in the hopes of killing more law enforcement personnel, federal prosecutors said Monday. Members of the group, including its leader, David Brian Stone, also known as "Captain Hutaree," were charged following FBI raids over the weekend on locations in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
- Michigan State Police guard a home, center rear, on Tomer Street in Clayton, Mich. on Sunday afternoon March 28, 2010 after an FBI raid of a home of a suspected militia leader. The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
- Michigan State Police guard a home, center rear, on Tomer Street in Clayton, Mich. on Sunday afternoon March 28, 2010 after an FBI raid of a home of a suspected militia leader. The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
- A Michigan State Police officer guards a road block on Tomer Street after a FBI of raid of a suspected militia leader's home in Clayton, Mich., Sunday, March 28, 2010. The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio . (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
- ichigan State Police stand guard on Tomer Street in Clayton, Mich. on Sunday afternoon March 28, 2010 after an FBI raid of a home of a suspected militia leader. The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
- Michigan State Police guard a home on Tomer Street in Clayton, Mich. on Sunday afternoon March 28, 2010 after an FBI raid of a home of a suspected militia leader. The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
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