Dayne Antani Christian, Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL, Florida 2017

Two Palm Beach County, Florida, residents, Dayne Antani Christian, aka Shakur, 32, of Lake Park, Florida, and Darren Arness Jackson, aka Daoud, 51, of West Palm Beach, pleaded guilty in federal court in West Palm Beach to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.

ISIL is also known by the acronym ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham). Both defendants are U.S. citizens.

Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg of the Southern District of Florida, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary B. McCord, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office and members of the South Florida Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) made the announcement.

Dayne Antani Christian, aka Shakur, 32, of Lake Park, Florida, pleaded guilty on March 29, 2017 before United States District Judge Robin Rosenberg to conspiracy to provide material support to ISIL a designated foreign terrorist organization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339B(a)(1), and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).

Christian faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on the conspiracy plea and an additional statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for his plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. No sentencing date has been scheduled for Christian.

Darren Arness Jackson, aka Daoud, 51, of West Palm Beach, pleaded guilty on April 4, 2017 before Judge Rosenberg to conspiracy to provide material support to ISIL.

The investigation revealed that on July 21, 2016, Christian, Jackson and co-defendant Gregory Hubbard, aka Jibreel, were arrested by the FBI, after Jackson drove Hubbard and an FBI confidential human source (CHS) to Miami International Airport for an overseas flight to Germany.

The defendants planned to travel later to Turkey by train and then cross into Syria to join ISIL. Christian provided firearms, including an AK-47 style assault rifle, to Hubbard and the CHS for practice shooting at a remote area in Palm Beach County.

The FBI and JTTF investigated the case with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Transportation Security Administration; Miami International Airport Police Department; Boca Raton, Florida, Police Department; Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office; City of West Palm Beach Police Department and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karen E. Gilbert and Edward C. Nucci and Trial Attorney Larry Schneider of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.

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