Activist Vaun Mayes indicted after Grand Jury says Mayes played role in fireboming plot

By: CBS 58 Newsroom

Posted: Jul 10, 2018 9:27 PM CDT

NOW: Activist Vaun Mayes indicted after Grand Jury says Mayes played role in fireboming plot

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Grand Jury indicted Vaun Mayes on Tuesday afternoon saying he played a role in an attempt to firebomb a police station during the unrest in Sherman Park two years ago.

Prosecutors said Mayes used teens he mentored to plot the firebombing.

Last week, a federal judge upheld an order to release Mayes from custody pending trial.

Prosecutors lost their appeal of that ruling on Friday.

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