CARO, Mich., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The Michigan State Police and the FBI have said they have no evidence that three men arrested in Caro, Mich., were planning terrorist acts.
The FBI said the men, charged Saturday with terrorism-related crimes after they were found with a large amount of cell phones and pictures of the Mackinac Bridge, had no connections to terrorism, The Detroit News reported Tuesday.
"There is no information to indicate that the individuals arrested have any direct nexus to terrorism," said Daniel Roberts, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit office.
However, the men remained in custody and the charges had not been dropped Tuesday. An official from the office of Tuscola County Prosecutor Mark Reene, who filed the charges against the men, said Reene was studying the FBI's statement Monday.
Meanwhile, terrorism charges were dropped against two men in a similar case in Ohio. However, the men, who were arrested after attempting to buy a large number of cell phones, face misdemeanor charges of falsification after they gave inconsistent accounts during a traffic stop.
