Colorado Teen Pleads Guilty of Conspiring to Help ISIS
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iStock/Thinkstock(DENVER) — A Colorado teen pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to provide support to the terrorist organization ISIS.
Shannon Conley, 19, reportedly joined the U.S. Army Explorers for military tactics training and obtained a nursing and a weapons certification to help a man she met online who said he was an ISIS fighter. She was arrested at the Denver airport in April when she was trying to travel to Turkey to meet him.
Conley, who goes by the Muslim name Halima, reportedly converted to Islam a few years ago.
Conley’s attorney Robert Pepin says she never intended to be part of the “horrific” acts of violence ISIS has committed.
“Miss Conley is a Muslim, she’s also a 19-year-old woman of faith who was pursuing her faith and unfortunately, as she pursued it, she was led terribly astray,” Pepin said.
Conley will be sentenced in January 2015. She could face more than five years in federal prison and up to a $250,000 fine. In the terms of her plea negotiation, she also agreed to help the U.S. District Attorney’s office investigate the co-conspirators in this case.
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