Posts Tagged ‘domestic extremist threats & trends’
Leader of Global Violent Extremist Network ‘764’ Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit Minors
Prasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” of High Point, North Carolina, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child. “This is the latest victory in the FBI’s work with partners to dismantle the violent 764 network,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “Prasan Nepal, a leader of 764,…
Read More‘Incel-adjacent’ Mesa teen plotting mass shooting studied Paris attacks, shopped for tactical gear, FBI says
An 18-year-old Mesa man is behind bars on a $500,000 cash-only bond after local police and federal agents arrested him for “planning a mass shooting,” according to court documents and prosecutors. Damien Alexander Bedonie was taken into custody early Tuesday morning by Mesa police officers assisting the FBI following an investigation into terroristic threats. During…
Read MoreSask. teen faces terrorism charges related to ‘764’ group: RCMP
A Saskatchewan teenager has been arrested and charged with terrorism-related offences in connection to the 764 Network terror group. The 18-year-old’s arrest is the result of an investigation by the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) in Alberta that began on Sept. 24. Police received a report about a Telegram user who allegedly posted…
Read MoreU.S. suspect allegedly ‘encouraged, sent money’ to Tumbler Ridge shooter
A person in western Washington State was allegedly in contact with the Tumbler Ridge School shooter for six months before the deadly shooting occurred in February, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Tuesday. James Cody Bryant, 30, “had been in repeated contact with the shooter, offering advice, sending money and even agreeing to livestream the…
Read MoreCleveland man with prior terrorism conviction indicted for possessing ricin
A federal grand jury has indicted 34-year-old Brandon L. Baxter of Cleveland, accusing him of possessing the deadly toxin ricin. Prosecutors say Baxter is a restricted person because of a prior terrorism conviction tied to a 2012 plot to bomb the Route 82 bridge in Macedonia, Ohio. The indictment charges Baxter with prohibitions related to…
Read MorePortland teen faces domestic terrorism charge
A 15-year-old student accused of causing a toxic chemical reaction inside the Benson Polytechnic High School cafeteria faces a domestic terrorism charge, according to the Oregon Judicial Department. The teenager, born Dec. 7, 2010, is scheduled to appear at 1 p.m. Friday in court of the juvenile court. Court records show the only current charge…
Read MoreAlberta teen accused of ‘764’ terrorism, sexual extortion and animal cruelty crimes
A second teenager in Alberta has been arrested and charged with crimes connected to an online youth recruitment group that’s listed as a terrorist entity in Canada. A 17-year-old from Lethbridge was arrested on Sept. 3 in the southern Alberta city and accused of committing crimes relating to terrorism, child sexual abuse and exploitation material…
Read MoreTerrorism charge against San Antonio mother accused in school attack plot dismissed
A terrorism-related charge against a San Antonio mother accused of helping her teenage son prepare for possible violence at his middle school has been dismissed. Ashley Pardo was arrested for the offense in May 2025, but court records show the charge of aiding in the commission of terrorism was dismissed Wednesday for “insufficient evidence.” The…
Read MoreDallas man sentenced to over 17 years for threats to federal judges, hoax biological weapons
A Dallas man was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for mailing threatening communications to federal judges and sending hoax biological weapons to the Fort Worth federal courthouse. A federal jury convicted Donald Ray McCray, 67, in April of three counts of mailing threatening communications and one count of hoax weapons of mass destruction.…
Read MoreSuspect in Belleville synagogue shooting died in hospital
The accused in a shooting outside a synagogue in Belleville on Sunday night has died, a spokesperson for The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) confirmed. Sean Ward, 29, from Quinte West, was shot by police during an exchange of gunfire as he approached the Sons of Jacob synagogue. He shot and injured Const. Jeff Smith, 29,…
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