Prosecutors: Ohio man said he wanted to bomb police department

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an Ohio man told militia members that he wanted to blow up bombs in front of a small town police department along Lake Erie.

Prosecutors also say Kristopher Sickles talked about dying in a gun battle with the Huron officers.

Sickles is one of nine people charged with plotting to kill police officers and training for a battle against the government. They were arrested after weekend raids across the Midwest.

Prosecutors said at a detention hearing today in Detroit that officers removed 13 guns, ammunition and night-vision equipment when they arrested Sickles at his trailer in Sandusky.

Sickles’ attorney says there’s little evidence his involvement went beyond training exercises with the suspected militia members in Michigan.