COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio man accused of conspiring with a militia group to kill police officers and overthrow the government said in a statement Thursday night that he is "not an extremist, racist or a cop killer."
Kristopher Sickles of Sandusky renounced his role as a militia member in the statement released by his brother, Alec Romick of nearby Huron, who said he received it from Sickles during a telephone call.
"My intentions were good and I am simply guilty by association and personally had no intentions of harming any person, member of law enforcement or the United States government," Sickles, 27, said in the statement...
