Politics & Government
Three Brecksville Bridge Bomb Plot Suspects Plead Guilty
Brandon L. Baxter, of Lakewood; Connor C. Stevens, of Berea; and Douglas L. Wright, of Indianapolis, have all pleaded guilty to the charges against them in Akron before a federal judge on Wednesday.
Three men have pleaded guilty for their role in an connecting Brecksville and Sagamore Hills in the .
Brandon L. Baxter, of Lakewood; Connor C. Stevens, of Berea; and Douglas L. Wright, of Indianapolis, have all pleaded guilty to the charges against them in Akron before a federal judge on Wednesday, according to various media reports. Here is the Associated Press story on The Huffington Post.
Facing life sentences on , they each changed their “not guilty” plea.
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Sentencing is expected in November.
In July, to guilty and agreed to testify in the other cases.
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The plea changes by the three suspects leave only Joshua Stafford, 23, of Cleveland, facing trial. He is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, according to NewsNet5.
Mike Tobin, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, did not return calls seeking comment on this story.
The men had hoped to use C-4 explosives to blow up the bridge, after deciding against other targets such as the Cuyahoga County Justice Center, the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland and the Detroit-Superior Bridge, according to an affidavit.
However, the men — — bought fake bomb-making materials from an undercover FBI agent. The FBI has maintained that the public was never in any danger.
All five of the men — all fringe members of the — were arrested earlier this year.
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