A 26-year-old Rochester, New York, man, Emanuel L. Lutchman, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in connection with a planned New Year’s Eve attack.
Lutchman, who has been detained in federal custody since his arrest by members of the FBI’s Rochester Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) on December 30, 2015, faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and a lifetime term of supervised release.
According to court documents, Lutchman conspired with an ISIL member known as Abu Issa Al-Amriki, a now-deceased ISIL member in Syria, and planned to conduct an attack against civilians using knives and a machete on New Year’s Eve in 2015.
Lutchman admitted that he intended to conduct an attack that could be claimed by ISIL and that could also help him gain membership into ISIL when he thereafter traveled overseas to join the terrorist organization.
As part of his guilty plea, Lutchman admitted that he posted on social media expressions of support for ISIL, including images, videos, and documents relating to ISIL and violent jihad.
Lutchman also downloaded and watched terrorism-related videos, including videos relating to ISIL and the now-deceased terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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