DETROIT — Timothy Teagan, a prominent member of the far-right anti-government Boogaloo movement, pleaded guilty to gun- and drug-related charges Wednesday following an investigation by FBI counterterrorism investigators and could spend 13 months in federal prison.
The 25-year-old Plymouth resident pleaded guilty in front of Chief U.S. District Judge Sean Cox six months after he was arrested in a case that raised concerns about attacks on politicians and plans to disrupt the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
Though he was investigated by members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and prosecuted by members of a national security unit concerned about his ties to the Boogaloo and run-up to last fall's midterm elections, Teagan was never charged with a terrorism or extremism-related crime. The Boogaloo is a loosely organized movement of supporters who believe the country is broken and that a second civil war is looming; several members were part of the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
