KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – An FBI agent from the Kalamazoo area, who helped investigate the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, will stand trial for assault charges.
Previously, 39-year-old Richard Trask of Oshtemo Township was charged with one felony count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder.
It stems from an incident involving his wife last July. Trask is said to have assaulted her by choking and smashing her head into a bedroom nightstand.
According to an update by MLive Tuesday, Trask has waived the preliminary examination, and will now be facing a jury trial.
A new trial date has not been set yet, but the charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Related –
- Last week, the first sentencing in the Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot was carried out against one of the men involved. For more on that story, click here.
