Accused ISIS supporter gets 5 years on firearm charges
An accused ISIS sympathizer from Dearborn Heights was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison on federal firearm charges.
In sentencing Khalil Abu Rayyan above federal guidelines, which called for 15 to 21 months in prison, U.S. District George Caram Steeh said he wanted to send a message that the “first steps” toward terrorism or other violent crimes “carry serious consequences.”
Steeh noted a long list of alleged statements and actions by Rayyan that led authorities to believe he planned ISIS-type terror attacks, including downloading an image of an ISIS fighter holding the severed head of a woman and saying, “if I can’t do jihad in the Middle East I will do it over here.”
Steeh said giving Rayyan less time behind bars could pose a risk to the public and noted Rayyan’s alleged discussions with an undercover FBI employee in which he expressed support for ISIS and his “intentions to do an ISIL-like attack.”
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