ALEXANDRIA — Prosecutors on Wednesday brought the first-historically speaking psychological oppression charges against a law authorization officer in the U.S., affirming that a watch officer with the D.C. area's Metro Transit Police was discovered purchasing $250 worth of cards for the Islamic State gather.
Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, was captured Wednesday morning at Metro's central station in Washington. He is accused of a solitary tally of endeavoring to give material support to a psychological militant gathering, and is planned for an underlying appearance Wednesday evening at U.S. Region Court in Alexandria.
As indicated by a FBI testimony, Young purchased almost $250 in blessing cards a month ago that he proposed for the Islamic State to use to buy versatile applications that would encourage correspondence. In any case, Young really gave the blessing cards to a covert FBI source.
Reports demonstrate Young has been under reconnaissance since 2010, and that he ventured out to Libya twice in 2011, where he said he joined revolt strengths trying to expel despot Moammar Gadhafi.
Joshua Stueve, representative for the U.S. lawyer for the Eastern District of Virginia, said Young represented no danger to the Metro framework. Court records indicate Young guided his endeavors at looking to help the Islamic State abroad.
FBI representative Andrew Ames affirmed that Young is the main law requirement officer to be charged under the central government's psychological warfare law.
Prosecutors said it was Metro Transit Police that started the examination, and after that worked agreeably with the FBI.
"Clearly, the assertions for this situation are significantly irritating. They're irritating to me, and they're aggravating to everybody who wears the uniform," Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said in an announcement.
Metro representative Dan Stessel said Young has been terminated.
The records indicate Young was a partner of two different people who were accused of fear related wrongdoings. In 2010, law authorization talked with Young in view of his connections to Zachary Chesser, who in the long run conceded to attempting to join the aggressor amass al-Shabab and to issuing dangers to the producers of the "South Park" toon arrangement after they penned a scene he discovered offending to Islam.
Youthful additionally met frequently with Amine El Khalifi, who confessed in a sting operation in which he wanted to endeavor a suicide bombarding at the U.S. State house in 2012.
In 2014, Young met around 20 times with a FBI witness, and Young gave the source counsel on the best way to maintain a strategic distance from discovery as he purportedly wanted to head out abroad to join the Islamic State. Youthful regularly encouraged to source to keep an eye out for witnesses.
While Young's capture is a first for a U.S. law requirement officer, he is one of more than about six people from northern Virginia alone who have been accused of fear related wrongdoings, generally in government sting operations. The FBI says it has progressing examinations in each of the 50 states.
Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, was captured Wednesday morning at Metro's central station in Washington. He is accused of a solitary tally of endeavoring to give material support to a psychological militant gathering, and is planned for an underlying appearance Wednesday evening at U.S. Region Court in Alexandria.
As indicated by a FBI testimony, Young purchased almost $250 in blessing cards a month ago that he proposed for the Islamic State to use to buy versatile applications that would encourage correspondence. In any case, Young really gave the blessing cards to a covert FBI source.
Reports demonstrate Young has been under reconnaissance since 2010, and that he ventured out to Libya twice in 2011, where he said he joined revolt strengths trying to expel despot Moammar Gadhafi.
Joshua Stueve, representative for the U.S. lawyer for the Eastern District of Virginia, said Young represented no danger to the Metro framework. Court records indicate Young guided his endeavors at looking to help the Islamic State abroad.
FBI representative Andrew Ames affirmed that Young is the main law requirement officer to be charged under the central government's psychological warfare law.
Prosecutors said it was Metro Transit Police that started the examination, and after that worked agreeably with the FBI.
"Clearly, the assertions for this situation are significantly irritating. They're irritating to me, and they're aggravating to everybody who wears the uniform," Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said in an announcement.
Metro representative Dan Stessel said Young has been terminated.
The records indicate Young was a partner of two different people who were accused of fear related wrongdoings. In 2010, law authorization talked with Young in view of his connections to Zachary Chesser, who in the long run conceded to attempting to join the aggressor amass al-Shabab and to issuing dangers to the producers of the "South Park" toon arrangement after they penned a scene he discovered offending to Islam.
Youthful additionally met frequently with Amine El Khalifi, who confessed in a sting operation in which he wanted to endeavor a suicide bombarding at the U.S. State house in 2012.
In 2014, Young met around 20 times with a FBI witness, and Young gave the source counsel on the best way to maintain a strategic distance from discovery as he purportedly wanted to head out abroad to join the Islamic State. Youthful regularly encouraged to source to keep an eye out for witnesses.
While Young's capture is a first for a U.S. law requirement officer, he is one of more than about six people from northern Virginia alone who have been accused of fear related wrongdoings, generally in government sting operations. The FBI says it has progressing examinations in each of the 50 states.
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