Minnesota man arrested in what FBI had called a terror plot to be sentenced on weapons counts
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A militia member who was arrested in what the FBI once called a terror plot to blow up a small-town Minnesota police station is scheduled to be sentenced Monday on weapons charges.
Twenty-five-year-old Buford Braden Rogers pleaded guilty in January to one count of possessing a firearm illegally and one count of possessing an unregistered destructive device. He was never charged with terrorism.
Prosecutors want more than five years in prison, arguing that Rogers is a threat to public safety. But Assistant Federal Defender Andrew Mohring is asking for two years or less.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mohring says the case was overblown. Prosecutors counter that the FBI had information about an imminent threat and say it's naive to criticize the FBI's response in hindsight.