Michigan residents face terrorism charges for alleged threats to government leaders

Two Michigan residents are facing terrorism charges in separate incidents for allegedly threatening elected officials.

Anthony Dekinderen, 61 of Lake Orion, sent emails to a Michigan-based journalist threatening to kill members of the Michigan Supreme Court, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, state Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office said in a statement.

Dekinderen faces nine counts of false report or threat of terrorism, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. He was arraigned Saturday, Sept. 19, in 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills.

If he posts his $5 million bond, he must wear a GPS device.

Alicia Choucair, 33, of Roseville, is accused of calling a local dispatcher and threatening violence against Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud if “’your people’ weren’t kept out of her town,” the Attorney General’s office said.

Choucair was charged with two counts of false report or threat of terrorism and one count of using a computer to commit a crime, all punishable by up to 20 years in prison, and hate crime – true threat, a two-year felony.

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