by: WOOD TV8
PHOTO: A mug shot of Pete Musico from Jackson County.
JACKSON, Mich. (WOOD TV) — A Jackson County judge on Friday cut the bond from $10 million to $100,000 for a man accused of assisting in a scheme to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and commit other violence against state government.
Kareem Johnson, the defense attorney for Musico, argued that suspect Pete Musico actually was kicked out of the group because he was too “soft” and wouldn’t commit to violence.
Johnson told the judge, “He was telling them you cannot accomplish what we’re trying to accomplish through violence."
Michael Klaeren, the Jackson County Judge in the case, lowered Musico’s bond, clearing the way for him to be released from jail. The judge ordered that he must wear a GPS tether.
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