5 more charged in Georgia in alleged military-militia scheme of US Soldiers who Plan to Kill President
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 01:35AM Four former Army soldiers and a civilian have been charged in new indictments for connections to a militia allegedly led by a Chelan County man and other Fort Stewart, Ga., troops who authorities say stockpiled weapons and talked of overthrowing the U.S. government.
A Liberty County grand jury indicted the five on charges of illegal gang activity and various counts involving theft, burglary and auto break-ins. Those crimes were committed to help fund the militia group, called F.E.A.R., short for Forever Enduring Always Ready, District Attorney Tom Durden said Tuesday.
"The burglaries and entering autos, they were committed in an effort to fund F.E.A.R. and what F.E.A.R. was at least advocating they wanted to accomplish," said Durden, the top prosecutor for Southeast Georgia's Atlantic Judicial Circuit. Their plans included bombing a Savannah park fountain and poisoning apple crops in Washington, prosecutors say.