GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – On Friday, a judge slashed nearly four years off the prison sentence of a witness who pleaded guilty in the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and helped federal prosecutors.

Ty Garbin’s sentence of 6 1/4 years was reduced to 2 1/2 years.

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U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker cited Garbin’s “substantial assistance” to the government and his own assessment of the 26-year-old airplane mechanic, who cooperated soon after his arrest, pleaded guilty and testified at two trials.

Prosecutors had requested a 36-month reduction while Garbin’s attorneys asked for 51 months. Jonker settled on a 45-month break.

Garbin has been in custody since he and five other men were arrested in October 2020.

The first trial, last spring, ended with acquittals for Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta and no verdicts for Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr.

Fox and Croft were convicted at a second trial in August in Grand Rapids, Michigan, following Garbin’s testimony.

Kaleb Franks, 28, also pleaded guilty and assisted the government. He has not been sentenced yet.