KARL DRESCH

Five Michigan men accepted plea deals with federal prosecutors, admitting their participation in a riot at the U.S Capitol in exchange for having other charges dropped. Only two men, Dresch and Sorvisto, have been sentenced as of Dec. 23. Three other charges against him were dropped, including disorderly conduct on restricted grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and entering a restricted building. Herendeen was previously convicted of domestic assault, disorderly conduct and operating while impaired twice between 1995 and 2013. Schornak was convicted of disorderly conduct in 2003 and operating while intoxicated in 2001.

Keep reading for more from Tuesday’s elections, as well as the rest of the top headlines from this week in Michigan politics. After revisiting the topic, the Court of Appeals determined transgender victims are protected by the state ethnic intimidation law. We have thousands of contributors from all 83 counties in Michigan and the vast majority of our contributions come from Michigan. Wozniak was also one of more than a dozen Michigan state lawmakers who publicly supported a lawsuit from the state of Texas last year claiming election results in Michigan and other battleground states were unconstitutional. Scott Park | MLive.comTuesday’s elections across the state ran smoothly and without any major problems, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said in a statement Wednesday.

A federal judge sentencing a Michigan man Wednesday over his role in the U.S. Capitol riot dismissed any notion that he's a political prisoner.Driving the news: Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that she wasn't sentencing Karl Dresch, of Calumet, "because he is a supporter" of former President Trump, noting that "millions of people" had voted for him "and did not heed his call to descend on the nation's Capitol," per the Detroit News.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with

After serving nearly seven months in jail, Karl Dresch, an Upper Peninsula Michigan man who broke into the U.S. Capitol along with hundreds of President Donald Trump-supporting rioters on Jan. 6, has been released. Related: Father of Capitol rioter helped thwart potential 2005 terrorist attack linked to Oklahoma City bombingDresch, 40, pleaded guilty to willfully and knowingly parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building and was released on time served. It was an area that wasn’t searched during multiple searches of Nichols’ house.”More than 500 suspects nationally have been charged with crimes in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. More on MLive:Michigan rioter’s father has history with FBICapitol rioter from Michigan espoused anti-government sentimentMichigan man charged in Capitol attack seeks pretrial release with help of sheriff, mayorEighth Michigan man arrested for role in Capitol attack10 years ago, a Michigan ‘militia’ dodged sedition charges. Prosecutors have a better chance with Capitol rioters.

A Michigan man who called Jan. 6 the “best day ever” is being released from jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge in the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

A federal judge on Wednesday assailed the false claims of election fraud pushed by former President Donald Trump and his supporters as she sentenced a member of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 to time served, saying the Michigan man “placed his trust in someone who repaid that trust by lying to him.” U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Karl Dresch, a Calumet resident in the Upper Peninsula, that he was an “enthusiastic participant” in an effort to subvert the will of the voters. Dresch, who has been locked up since his arrest in January, is being released from jail since he already served the six-month maximum sentence for the misdemeanor offense.

An Upper Peninsula man who threatened “war everywhere if we let this election get stolen” was sentenced Wednesday to time served after spending six months...

A Novi man who bragged on social media about “storming” the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been charged for his role in the insurrection....

A Brownstown Township man who declared on Facebook that “war was coming” and “we might have to start killing some commie bastards” was charged with...

Childhood friends, neighbors, a pastor, mayor and sheriff asked a federal judge to grant pretrial release to a 40-year-old Michigan man charged with crimes related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Image allegedly taken from Karl Dresch's Facebook account used as evidence by the FBI. By Jan. 3, Karl Dresch posted about plans to attend outgoing President Trump’s Washington D.C. rally with the comment: “NO EXCUSES! Letters in support of Karl Dresch’s pretrial release:More on MLive:Eighth Michigan man arrested for role in Capitol attack10 years ago, a Michigan ‘militia’ dodged sedition charges. Michigan man arrested after bragging about storming the Capitol on FacebookAccused Capitol rioter from Michigan’s UP expressed anti-government sentiments on social mediaMichigan man arrested for allegedly participating in Capitol riots, FBI says

An Upper Peninsula man charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol will remain jailed while a federal judge considers whether to grant him bond.

MLive is not identifying Sorvisto’s fiancee, as she has not been charged with any crimes. Sorvisto’s Facebook account shared two photos showing Sorvisto inside the Capitol to another person who wasn’t identified by the FBI. Facebook records released to the FBI show Sorvisto’s fiancee discussed how she and Sorvisto drank beer on the steps of the Capitol. Facebook records provided to the FBI show Sorvisto’s fiancee discussed Dresch’s arrest two days later with a person identified as “R.L.” by the FBI. Michigan man arrested after bragging about storming the Capitol on FacebookAccused Capitol rioter from Michigan’s UP expressed anti-government sentiments on social mediaMichigan man arrested for allegedly participating in Capitol riots, FBI says

An Upper Peninsula man accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 with a pro-Trump flag has been arrested more than two months after...

A Michigan sheriff is speaking up for an Upper Peninsula man who was charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

More information is expected to be released later Thursday when the two men make their initial appearances in federal court. Karl Dresch, of Calumet, was the first Michigan resident charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot. He was arrested on Jan. 19 and charged with storming the Capitol. Michael Joseph Foy , a 30-year-old former Marine from Wixom, was charged less than a week later. Video footage shows him attacking police with a hockey stick.

Nearly 16 years prior, in March 2005, his father, Stephen Dresch, helped the FBI thwart a potential terrorist attack linked to anti-government Oklahoma City bomber and Lapeer native Terry Nichols. Scarpa Jr. and Nichols were both serving federal prison sentences in Colorado, Scarpa Jr. for conspiracy to murder and drug trafficking. Related: Stephen Dresch Mackinac Center bioStephen Dresch, who died at 62 in 2006, worked as an international, for-hire -- and sometimes pro bono -- investigator. The case was later dismissed, but Stephen Dresch and Clemente developed a strong bond through their work. Oddly, she said, she doesn’t recall him mentioning his son Karl Dresch, who would have been about 18 when they first spoke.

While his father’s outspoken nature earned him praise and admiration, it’s done the opposite for Karl Dresch. Karl Dresch “likes to give his opinion, whether other people want to hear it or not,” he said. A review of this Facebook activity revealed Karl Dresch first mentioned the Jan. 6 certification date in social media posts dated Dec. 16. He said Karl Dresch doesn’t pose a significant risk to the public and “absolutely” should have received bond. The felonies were dismissed as part of a plea deal, but Karl Dresch spent a year in jail, according to court records.

On Thursday, a Shelby Township man became the third person from Michigan to be charged in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. According to court documents, the FBI received a tip that Mels was at the Capitol during the attack. AdAfter searching the man’s phone, the FBI found several photos from inside the Capitol, including a selfie of Mels. Mels was formally charged with knowingly entering a restricted building, in addition to violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. AdThe third man, 30-year-old Michael Foy from Wixom, was also charged for his role in the Jan. 6 attack.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Michigan man has been indicted on five charges in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. A grand jury for U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia late last week handed down a five-count indictment. Dresch also faces charges of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and obstructive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, the indictment said. Five people, including a Capitol police officer, died in the insurrection. He posted a photo from inside the Capitol that said, “We are in.”Read more:Judge jails Michigan man in Capitol insurrection over guns, Facebook statementsBeach Street shut for the season at Muskegon’s Pere Marquette Park‘Constitutional sheriffs’ ask Michigan police to stand against Biden, COVID-19 orders

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click to enlarge FBIMichael Joseph Foy. FBIThe FBI used photos posted to social media to identify Michael Joseph Foy of Wixom. Karl Dresch, who sold right-wing paraphernalia out of his Calumet home, was arrested earlier this week after photos showed him inside the Capitol. Videos captured during the insurrection show Foy using a hockey stick to repeatedly strike Metropolitan police officers who were guarding a door to the Capitol, the FBI said. The tipster shared a single photo and wrote, “This is the man that killed the police officer.

“The tip indicated that Karl Dresch had posted information describing his own January 6, 2021, entry into the U.S. Capitol Building on his Facebook account,” Fortunato wrote in the affidavit. Fortunato provided numerous photo and screen grabs from Dresch’s Facebook page to show Dresch had illegally entered the Capitol. Three days before the insurrection, Dresch allegedly wrote: “NO EXCUSES! At 2:43 p.m., Dresch wrote: “Patriots are in the Capitol building now,” court records showed. Read more:Michigan man arrested in Capitol attack posted updates on Facebook, FBI saysMichigan reports 2,031 new coronavirus cases, 40 new deaths10 marijuana shops get initial approval from the city of Muskegon Heights

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo rioters break into the Capitol in Washington. Far-right media personality Tim Gionet, who calls himself Baked Alaska, has been arrested by the FBI for his involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)CALUMET, Mich. – A Michigan man accused of joining the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has been charged with violent entry and other crimes, the FBI said Wednesday. He posted several messages and joked about the use of tear gas by police at the Capitol. Dresch's late father, Stephen, was a dean at Michigan Technological University and a Republican state lawmaker in 1991-92.

1/6/2021= 7/4/1776.”Dresch, who is the son of former state Rep. Stephen Dresch, R-Hanover, was arrested following a traffic stop in the Upper Peninsula, The Detroit News first reported . It’s a fact.”“We cannot allow Harris Biden Corporate Communist regime to take control,” Dresch wrote. "Dresch didn’t remove many other posts, including one that said, "7-4-1776=1-6-2021,” referring to the Declaration of Independence and the date of the Capitol protest.From his house, Dresch sold right-wing paraphernalia such as hats, stickers, and flags. Nobody cares about your protest.” Another sticker depicted a gun with the phrase, “Get pumped!” He sold confederate flags and Trump 2020 hats and stickers.“Christmastime is near! Don’t Tread On Me.”"Your country needs YOU!” he continued.”Your president needs YOU!