US man guilty of conspiring to support terrorists
Defendant and another man spoke repeatedly about desire to fight with extremist groups including al-Qaeda and Islamic State
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRALEIGH, North Carolina — A North Carolina man faces up to 15 years in federal prison over plans to travel to either Syria or Yemen to join a jihadist group.
Akba Jihad Jordan of Raleigh pleaded guilty Thursday in US District Court to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
Federal prosecutors allege the 22-year-old Jordan and his 21-year-old co-defendant Avin Marsalis Brown spoke repeatedly with an FBI informant about their desire to travel overseas to fight with extremist groups that included al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Islamic State group and Jabhat al-Nusra.
The pair is also alleged to have discussed using weapons to fight non-Muslims in the United States. Investigators later recovered an AK-47 assault rifle and ammunition from Jordan’s apartment.
Brown pleaded guilty in August and awaits sentencing.
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