Two more arrested in alleged plot to attack UFC event at White House

Two more men have been arrested since Friday in connection with what authorities say was a plot targeting this month’s Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House lawn, prosecutors said Monday.

William Lee Spartacus Falkner was arrested in Washington state Friday, and Jordan W. Rincker was arrested in Missouri on Sunday, the Justice Department said.

The new arrests bring the total connected to the alleged plot to seven. No one was injured at the event, and no attack was carried out.

Federal prosecutors have said conspirators in the alleged plot discussed flying drones loaded with explosives over the event and then shooting into the fleeing crowd.

Falkner and Rincker have each been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit murder, the Justice Department said.

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