Hutaree

Report: Hutaree Member Wanted Guns To Protect Self From 'Crime Family'

Justin Elliott | April 5, 2010, 1:16PM

Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward, one of the nine alleged Hutaree militia members charged in an alleged plot to kill police, reportedly became irate at Ohio police last year after they refused to press charges against his mother, who had confiscated Ward's AK-47 and pistol.

The Detroit Free Press reports on the unusual reason Ward, of Huron, Ohio, said he needed the guns:

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