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Man Accused of Terrorism Charge With Fiancee Pleads Guilty
Source: Associated Press
Man Accused of Terrorism Charge With Fiancee Pleads Guilty
By JEFF AMY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. — Mar 11, 2016, 3:19 PM ET
A young Mississippi man pleaded guilty Friday to a terrorism-related charge, months after authorities said he and his fiancée thought about using their honeymoon as ruse to go to Syria to join the Islamic State.
Muhammad Dakhlalla, 23, pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorism and faces up to 20 years in prison, $250,000 fines and lifetime probation. His sentencing date hasn't been set.
His fiancée, Jaelyn Delshaun Young, is accused in new court documents of being the mastermind of the plan to join the Islamic State. Her trial is set for June 6.
Both remain jailed without bail in Oxford.
The couple was arrested Aug. 8 before boarding a flight from Columbus, Mississippi, with tickets for Istanbul. Authorities say they contacted undercover federal agents last year, seeking online help in traveling to Syria. The two, at one point, told federal agents posing online as recruiters for the Islamic State that they planned to disguise their journey to Syria as a honeymoon.
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By JEFF AMY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. — Mar 11, 2016, 3:19 PM ET
A young Mississippi man pleaded guilty Friday to a terrorism-related charge, months after authorities said he and his fiancée thought about using their honeymoon as ruse to go to Syria to join the Islamic State.
Muhammad Dakhlalla, 23, pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorism and faces up to 20 years in prison, $250,000 fines and lifetime probation. His sentencing date hasn't been set.
His fiancée, Jaelyn Delshaun Young, is accused in new court documents of being the mastermind of the plan to join the Islamic State. Her trial is set for June 6.
Both remain jailed without bail in Oxford.
The couple was arrested Aug. 8 before boarding a flight from Columbus, Mississippi, with tickets for Istanbul. Authorities say they contacted undercover federal agents last year, seeking online help in traveling to Syria. The two, at one point, told federal agents posing online as recruiters for the Islamic State that they planned to disguise their journey to Syria as a honeymoon.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-accused-join-islamic-state-pleads-guilty-37585206
