Hutaree Members Don’t Want Government’s Ankle Bracelets
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Two members of the Hutaree militia have a hearing today to request modifications to their bond agreements with the federal government. Both David Stone Jr. and Jacob Ward want their electronic ankle bracelets removed, and now that Stone is 21-years-old, he wants to be allowed to drink too.
Federal officials said in a filing that they’re cool with lifting the ban on consumption of alcohol and a stop to drug testing, but they wouldn’t budge on the ankle bracelets.
The government, federal prosecutors wrote in a motion, “believes that both defendants remain risks of flight and dangers to the community.”