A Lake Orion man and a Roseville woman are facing charges for allegedly threatening elected officials including Supreme Court justices and Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
According to a news release from the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, Anthony Dekinderen, 61, of Lake Orion, allegedly emailed a Michigan-based journalist, threatening to “kill the Michigan Supreme Court, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.” He’s charged with nine counts of false report or threat of terrorism, a 20-year felony. At his recent arraignment in 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills, bond was set at $5 million. His next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 28.
Anthony Dekinderen booking photo (Oakland County Jail)
In a separate case, Roseville resident Alicia Chocair, 33, is charged with two counts of false report or threat of terrorism, one count of using a computer to commit a crime — each 20-year felonies — and one count of hate crime-true threat, a 2-year felony. Chocair allegedly “called the local dispatch threatening violence against a mosque and (Dearborn) Mayor Abdullah Hammoud if ‘your people’ weren’t kept out of her town,” the news release states.
At her recent arraignment in 19th District Court in Dearborn, Chocair’s bond was set at $20,000. Her next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 30.
Hammoud, a Muslim and Arab-American, is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit and continued public backlash for alleged religious favoritism, and contributing to the city’s alleged hostility toward Christians and Jews.
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