MARQUETTE, MI (AP)-- Federal prosecutors in Marquette have notched a guilty plea from one of two people charged in a case involving more than 4,000 pounds of explosive materials.
Ken Kassab of Brimley pleaded guilty Tuesday in Marquette Federal Court to unlawfully transporting a mix of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil in 2010.
Kassab worked for co-defendant John Lechner, a farmer and builder from Sault Ste. Marie who's accused of buying and hiding the explosives. Lechner was arrested last year after an informant said he wanted help to move a large quantity. He's not accused of plotting to detonate the mixture.
Lechner goes to trial on June 18.
