2 North Georgia men accused in terror plot on government employees plead guilty

Two of four north Georgia men accused of plotting terror attacks on govement employees and civilians have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.

Dan Roberts, Ray Adams, Sam Crump and the so-called ring leader Fred Thomas were all charged with trying to obtain weapons and explosives to attack govement and civilian targets. Roberts and Thomas pleaded guilty in federal court as part of a plea agreement Tuesday moing.

At a previous hearing, prosecutors said Thomas told undercover agents, "Who are we shooting at? Civilian govement operatives, that's who we're going to be shooting at  --  IRS, ATF, FBI and the cops."

But family members told Channel 2’s Manuel Bojorquez they believe Thomas was venting about the federal govement and would have never carried out such an attack.

"My father didn’t have the financial means to do anything like this, let alone the connections," Thomas' daughter, Amy Sasser, said.

The conspiracy charge carries a maximum five-year prison sentence.