DETROIT — Ty Garbin, convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, could be released to a halfway house within days because a judge Friday reduced his prison sentence, citing ongoing cooperation that helped convict two ringleaders.
The move by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker to cut the 75-month sentence to 30 months served as a big break for one of four men convicted in the largest domestic terrorism case in a generation that has shed light on political extremism in Michigan.
The judge granted requests for a sentence reduction from prosecutors and Garbin's lawyers who cited his testimony as the government's star witness during two federal trials and noted he had become a target of extremists behind bars.
