Two Southern California men arrested in alleged plot to attack White House UFC event
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Brittny Mejia, Grace Toohey
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Two men from Southern California's Inland Empire were arrested and charged as co-conspirators in a plot to kill government officials at a UFC cage-fighting event staged at the White House. Michael Alan Thomas, 32, was arrested in Piñon Hills, and another man was arrested in Calimesa. They are among five co-conspirators arrested nationwide in what authorities describe as a murder scheme motivated by antigovernment ideology.
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· 3 pulledTwo men from the Inland Empire have been arrested and charged in what federal officials described as a plot to kill government officials and others at the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House last weekend.
The two Southern Californians are among five co-conspirators arrested across the country in the murder scheme that authorities said appeared to have been motivated by antigovernment ideology.
Michael Alan Thomas, 32, was arrested in San Bernardino County's Piñon Hills on Saturday, charged with conspiracy to commit
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