Associated Press
January 8, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - One of two Texas men accused of possessing Molotov cocktails during the Republican National Convention has pleaded guilty.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says Bradley Neal Crowder, of Austin, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Minneapolis to one count of aiding and abetting possession of an unregistered firearm.
A sentencing date has not been set.
Meanwhile his co-defendant, David Guy McKay of Austin, is scheduled to go on trial on Jan. 26.
Prosecutors allege McKay and Crowder were part of an Austin-based protest group that planned to use incendiary devices to destroy property or injure police during the Republican National Convention.
The convention was at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Sept.1-4.
Jeff DeGree is McKay's attorney. He said he doesn't believe Crowder's plea will affect McKay's case because the evidence against the two men is different.
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