Colorado Teen Who Tried to Join ISIS Gets Four Years in Prison
Published at
Ruskpp/iStock/Thinkstock(DENVER) — A teenager from Colorado who was caught heading overseas to fight for ISIS was sentenced on Friday in federal court.
The judge referred to Shannon Conley, 19, as “a bit of a mess” when describing her mental state before sentencing her to four years in federal prison.
The 19-year-old was arrested last year at Denver International Airport on her way to Syria to marry a man she met online, admitting to FBI agents that she was planning use her military training from the U.S. Army Explorers program to help Islamic militants wage holy war on the U.S.
Prosecutors told the court that even in the Denver jail, all Conley wanted to talk about was violent jihad.
Conley pleaded guilty to providing support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Follow @ABCNewsRadio
Copyright © 2015, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.