NC Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Aid ISIS
Published at | Updated at(WASHINGTON) — A North Carolina man who attempted to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria pleaded guilty to attempting to aid an international terrorist organization.
Donald Ray Morgan, 44, was arrested on Aug. 2 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on a federal indictment for possession of a firearm by a felon. Court documents showed that Morgan “knowingly attempted to provide support and resources” to ISIS from January 2014 through August 2014.
On at least one occasion, Morgan even tried to travel from Lebanon to Syria to join ISIS.
Assistant Attorney General for the Middle District of North Carolina called the plea a representation of “our continued commitment to confronting those who attempt to travel abroad to support terrorist organizations.”
Morgan faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
“Donald Ray Morgan proved himself to be a threat to national security,” Special Agent in Charge John Strong of the FBI said Thursday. “American citizens who support terrorist organizations must be held accountable for their actions.”
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