American Citizen indicted on terror charges
Silver Spring, August 29, 2019 08:15 IST
Updated: August 29, 2019 08:15 IST
U.S Federal Grand Jury indicted An U.S Citizen Aged 28 on a new charge of attempting to provide material support to a Foreign Terror Network to carry out attacks inside United States of America.
A Maryland man accused of planning a Military Grade Terror attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., was indicted Wednesday on a Terror-related charge, five months after his arrest.
U.S Citizen Aged 28 was arrested 28 March 2019 and remains detained pending trial. U.S Citizen Aged 28 initially was indicted in April 2019 and pleaded not guilty to one count of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.
Arrested U.S Citizen Aged 28 allegedly stole a U-Haul van in Virginia and parked it at the National Harbor, a popular waterfront destination just outside the nation’s capital. U.S Police arrested him the next morning after they found the van and saw arrested U.S Citizen Aged 28 jump over a security fence.
Arrested U.S Citizen Aged 28 told investigators he planned to carry out an attack similar to one in which a driver ran over and killed dozens of people in Ukraine in 2016, U.S Authorities said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mr. Thomas Windom said during 9th April 2019 detention hearing that arrested U.S Citizen Aged 28 intended to kill as many “Americans” as possible.
Federal Public Defender Mr. Michael CitaraManis, who represented arrested U.S Citizen Aged 28 at the hearing in April, urged the court to be skeptical of Authorities’ claims and argued that the Government “is trying to fit certain facts into their narrative.” Christian Lassiter, the Assistant Public Defender currently assigned to defend arrested U.S Citizen Aged 28, didn’t immediately respond Wednesday to an email and telephone call seeking comment on his client’s superseding indictment.
Arrested U.S Citizen Aged 28 is a naturalized U.S. citizen who moved to the country about 11 years ago.
In a court filing, prosecutors said arrested U.S Citizen Aged 28 watched war related propaganda videos of Foreign Military Personels fighting overseas, admiring their actions and considering them brave. Investigators said they recovered a phone arrested U.S Citizen Aged 28 had discarded on a highway in an apparent attempt to conceal evidence, including images of the his Native Country Flag, armed Military fighters and the man who carried out the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre in an Orlando, Florida.
Arrested Naturalized U.S Citizen Aged 28 initially considered an attack at Dulles International Airport on March 27, trying unsuccessfully over two hours to breach the security perimeter by slipping in through a checkpoint or accessing a restricted area, prosecutors said. Instead, arrested U.S Naturalized Citizen Aged 28 drove to the National Harbor later that morning, parked the truck, broke into a boat and hid there overnight, according to prosecutors.
The Terror charge is punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The stolen vehicle charge carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.
U.S. Attorney Mr.Robert Hur said in a statement Wednesday that law enforcement is “working tirelessly to prevent and disrupt terror attacks, whether they come from within or outside the United States of America.” “We will continue to use every lawful tool at our disposal to find and prosecute those who want to do this country harm,” U.S. Attorney Mr.Robert Hur said. “This indictment is the next step in holding Naturalized U.S Citizen Aged 28 accountable for his actions.”
