DETROIT — Ty Garbin, convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, deserves to be freed because he repeatedly testified as the government's star witness, helped convict the scheme's ringleaders and is a target of extremists behind bars, his lawyers argued Friday.
Garbin, 26, of Hartland Township earned the sentence reduction through "extraordinary cooperation" with the government, his lawyers Mark Satawa and Gary Springstead wrote in a court filing.
That cooperation includes testifying during two federal trials, including one that ended last month with ringleaders Adam Fox and Barry Croft convicted of kidnapping conspiracy and other charges, and continuing to help the Michigan Attorney General's Office prosecute 10 people facing state charges related to the kidnap plot.
