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Massachusetts Men Charged with Conspiracy to Support ISIL
Two men from Massachusetts and Rhode Island have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
David Wright, 25, of Everett, Massachusetts, and Nicholas Rovinski, 24, of Warwick, Rhode Island, were charged with conspiracy to provide material support to ISIL.
The charges were announced by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz for the District of Massachusetts, and Special Agent in Charge Vincent Lisi for the FBI’s Boston Field Division.
Wright and Rovinski are accused of conspiring with Usaamah Abdullah Rahim, 26, Wright’s uncle, who was shot and killed after he attacked law enforcement officers in a Roslindale parking lot on June 2, 2015.
The complaint affidavit alleges that Wright, Rovinski, and Rahim conspired to commit attacks and kill persons inside the United States, which they believed would support ISIL’s objectives.
The affidavit alleges that the three men planned to attack and behead a person referred to in the affidavit as “Intended Victim-1,” a resident of New York, who had organized a conference in Garland, Texas, on May 3, 2015, featuring cartoons depicting the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.
The investigation is being conducted by the FBI’s Boston Field Division, Boston Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, and member agencies of the Boston and Rhode Island Joint Terrorism Task Force.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys B. Stephanie Siegmann and Nadine Pellegrini of the District of Massachusetts’s Anti-Terrorism and National Security Unit and Trial Attorney Gregory R. Gonzalez of the National Security Division Counterterrorism Section.
The charging statute provides a sentence of no greater than 15 years in prison, up to life of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000.
A detention hearing has been set for Wright on Friday, June 19, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., and Rovinski’s initial appearance is set today at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom two before Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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