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September 21, 2026
LANSING — Two Michigan Residents, Alicia Choucair, 33, of Roseville, and Anthony Dekinderen, 61 of Lake Orion, were arraigned last week for allegedly making threats against elected officials, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Choucair was arraigned on September 17th in the 19th District Court in Dearborn and Dekinderen in the 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills on September 19th.
Choucair was charged with two counts of False Report or Threat of Terrorism, each a 20-year felony, one count of Using a Computer to Commit a Crime, a 20-year felony, and one count of Hate Crime — True Threat, a 2-year felony. It is alleged that Choucair called the local dispatch threatening violence against a mosque and Mayor Abdullah Hammoud if “your people” weren’t kept out of her town. Choucair was given a $20,000 Cash or Surety bond and is scheduled to appear for a Probable Cause Conference on September 30.
Dekinderen allegedly emailed a Michigan-based journalist with threats to kill the Michigan Supreme Court, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. He was charged with nine counts of False Report or Threat of Terrorism, each a 20-year felony. Dekinderen is scheduled to next appear on September 28, 2026, and was given a $5 million bond and GPS tether.
“Thousands of Michigan residents answer the call to serve through elected office, be it as the local mayor or in statewide office. Unfortunately, hate crimes and threats of terrorism against officials at all levels of government are becoming increasingly common,” said Attorney General Nessel. “Let these charges serve as a warning that Michigan takes threats of violence very seriously and will prosecute these cases to the fullest extent of the law.”
In 2019, Attorney General Nessel launched the Hate Crimes and Domestic Terrorism Unit. Following reports of suspected hate bias or terrorism crimes across the state, including a confrontation and property defacement against a Muslim candidate in Dearborn Heights, the distribution of antisemitic flyers in Berkley, and various assaults against religious institutions, including Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, the Church of Latter Day Saints in Grand Blanc, and CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, the Attorney General is urging residents to report threats, suspicious activity, and acts of bias-motivated violence to local law enforcement and the Unit. To place a report, please contact your local police department first and then the Department of Attorney General via email.
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