FBI Called In to Help with Local Paramilitaries

By Danny Fenster
ticklethewire.com

Local authorities in southern Mississippi have contacted the FBI for help investigating a paramilitary group known as the Savior Unit, reports the Hattiesburg American. The group is comprised mostly of teenagers and young adults.

Michael Shaun Schaffran, the 32-year-old believed to be the group’s leader, and Cody Jacob Rogers, 18, were arrested after breaking into a mobile home on December 6. In the arrest local police seized an operation manual of the groups which promoted “Christ, helping law enforcement, doing community service, reconnaissance, infiltration, apprehension and ‘retrieval,’ according to the Hattiesburg American.

Schaffran’s wife said police have the wrong idea. They’re just a bunch of kids trying to do good and stay out of trouble, she said. The break-in was in response to a perceived domestic violence at the home, which Schaffran and Rogers went to correct.

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