Former Ford County Resident Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Charges Related to Domestic Terrorism

– Emily Claire Hari, formerly known as Michael B. Hari, 51, of Clarence, Illinois, was sentenced Monday to 14 years in the federal Bureau of Prisons for conspiracy to interfere with commerce by threats and violence, attempted arson, unlawful possession of a machinegun, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

Hari had previously pleaded guilty to all four charges contained in the indictment. Prosecutors sad Hari started a militia group, which called itself the “Patriot Freedom Fighters,” and which sometime later went by the nickname the “White Rabbits.”

The group also bombed a mosque in Minnesota and attempted to firebomb a women’s clinic in Champaign.

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