Michael Hari: From deputy to abductor to alleged terrorist

Michael Benjamin Hari has been in the news before — many times, actually. But for those who may not remember, here are some facts about the 47-year-old Clarence man who now stands charged by the federal government in connection with two alleged bombings:➜ One of two children born to Michael Lee and Janice Hari of Paxton, Hari attended Paxton schools and studied criminology and criminal justice at the University of Central Texas before graduating from the University of Illinois Police Training Institute.➜ Hari lived in Texas after college and became politically involved after the Waco shootout in 1993. He later told The News-Gazette that the FBI standoff with separatists in Waco had galvanized his beliefs.➜ Hari moved back to Paxton in 1995 and became a deputy sheriff. He quit that job in 1997, telling The News-Gazette he became disgruntled with the way justice was often carried out.➜ Also in 1997, a 26-year-old Hari held a meeting of the Libertarian Party in a gun store he operated in...