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One of the ringleaders in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to more than 19 years behind bars Wednesday — a day after an accomplice was slapped with a 16-year prison term, federal prosecutors said.
Barry Croft Jr., 47, was handed the 19½-year sentence by Michigan federal Judge Robert Jonker four months after his conviction for conspiring to kidnap the Democratic governor from her Elk Rapids vacation cottage in 2020.
Croft, a trucker from Delaware, was the fourth and final defendant in the plot to learn his fate.
The judge described him as “the idea guy” behind the scheme, which was ultimately foiled by an FBI informant in the group.
