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Homeland Security Official Charged After Crash Injures Mayor

3/14/2026

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John Schoen, 53, a Homeland Security official, was charged in Iosco County, Michigan, with reckless driving for a September 2021 crash during surveillance of a suspect linked to pipe bombs.
The crash injured Whittemore Mayor Bob Leslie, and Douglas Allen, the pipe bomb suspect, was sentenced to six years.
Schoen's attorney seeks to move the case to federal court, arguing immunity from his status as a former federal agent.

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John Schoen, 53, a Homeland Security official, was charged in Iosco County, Michigan, with reckless driving for a September 2021 crash during surveillance of a suspect linked to pipe bombs.
The crash injured Whittemore Mayor Bob Leslie, and Douglas Allen, the pipe bomb suspect, was sentenced to six years.
Schoen's attorney seeks to move the case to federal court, arguing immunity from his status as a former federal agent.