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Michigan: October 2011

Michigan Dem Pleads No Contest In Fake Tea Party Scheme

Jillian Rayfield | October 20, 2011, 11:07AM

The former chair of the Oakland County Democratic Party pleaded no contest last week to charges that he committed voter fraud last November when attempting to get fake Tea Party candidates on the ballot in order to split the Republican vote.

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Reed Berry

Michigan Terror Suspect Feeling 'Caged' By Federal Tail Tried To Crash Into FBI Agent's Car

Ryan J. Reilly | October 3, 2011, 2:45PM

Reed S. Berry

A 26-year-old Michigan man the feds suspected of supporting terrorist groups has been ordered held by a federal judge after he crashed into the car of an FBI agent following him around the anniversary of Sept. 11.

Reed S. Berry, 26, of St. Joseph was being tailed by an FBI special agent and a Michigan state police detective on the night of Sept. 9.

Berry, described as "very surveillance-conscious," had spotted an FBI agent earlier in the day and allegedly got out of his car and "ran directly at her parked vehicle while staring directly at her." Around 10:30 p.m., Berry allegedly did the same thing to a Michigan detective who had been trailing him, except he screamed this time.