Dustin Dwyer | Michigan Radio
Dustin Dwyer is a reporter for a new project at Michigan Radio that will look at improving economic opportunities for low-income children. Previously, he worked as an online journalist for Changing Gears, as a freelance reporter and as Michigan Radio's West Michigan Reporter. Before he joined Michigan Radio, Dustin interned at NPR's Talk of the Nation, wrote freelance stories for The Jackson Citizen-Patriot and completed a Reporting & Writing Fellowship at the Poynter Institute.
Dustin earned his bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida. He's also lived in Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington D.C. He's always happy to explain - with detached journalistic objectivity - why Michigan is a better place to live than any of the others.
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This was the first test of the state’s case. Prosecutors have had mixed results in federal court. -
Joseph Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar are accused of providing material support for a terrorist act, among other charges. -
Three men are facing charges in Jackson County for materially supporting a terrorist act in the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. -
Closing arguments in the case are scheduled for Monday. -
Last week, defense attorneys attacked the military record of Dan Chappel, a key witness for prosecutors.
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At his sentencing hearing, Kaleb Franks apologized to the governor and her family, saying the kidnapping plot "had to be traumatic and difficult." -
The trial in Jackson County is the first of the state trials to move forward. Two men were found guilty in federal court over the summer, while two others were found not guilty in the spring.
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Dale Bryant says his dog King was tangled in a lead line and could have been injured. So he called 911. The city took his dog, and he fought for four months to get him back. -
Five of the 14 men charged over the alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer are facing hearings in northern Michigan this week to decide whether there's enough evidence to proceed to trial. -
A previous jury failed to reach agreement on the charges against Adam Fox and Barry Croft in April.
