COLUMBUS — A total of eight defendants now face federal charges related to the alleged plot to carry out an attack to kill government officials and others attending the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Freedom 250 event held at the White House on June 14.
All eight men were charged together in a two-count indictment returned in Columbus on Thursday, July 9.
The indictment stems from an initial investigation and criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of Ohio against Tycen C. Proper 19, of Danville. Proper and four others charged federally by criminal complaint in Missouri, Nebraska and California were arrested the weekend of the UFC event.
Two more defendants were charged by criminal complaint and arrested by the FBI approximately one week later in Washington and Missouri…