Biography
Aron McKillips was a Sandusky, Ohio, participant in the anti-government Boogaloo movement and was also reported by federal investigators to be a member of the New Sons of Liberty militia. The FBI alleged that between September 2021 and July 2022 he made at least five online threats to harm or kill law-enforcement officers, including posting a photograph taken while aiming a rifle at a nearby officer. Investigators also documented his possession and distribution of devices capable of converting semiautomatic rifles into machine guns. McKillips was arrested on November 1, 2022 and remained detained. He pleaded guilty to interstate communication of threats and unlawful possession of a machine gun and received concurrent 41-month prison terms on August 29, 2024, followed by three years of supervised release.
