Kevin Iman McCormick, Attempting to Support ISIS, Connecticut 2020
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 144 months in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Kevin Iman McCormick, 30, of Hamden, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport on the date of January 12, 2020, to 144 months of imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
According to court documents and statements made in court, between August and October 2019, McCormick made several statements to others expressing a desire to travel to Syria and to fight for ISIS. In August 2019, McCormick stated to members of a Muslim community center that 'we should support ISIS' and 'jihad is the way to go.'
On Oct. 12, 2019, McCormick attempted to board a flight from Connecticut to Jamaica but was prevented by the Department of Homeland Security. McCormick subsequently told an individual that he wanted to travel to Jamaica, and then onward to Syria to join ISIS. He also indicated that he wanted to acquire weapons.
On Oct. 19, 2019, McCormick made a video during which he pledged allegiance to ISIS and its then-leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Also on that date, he purchased a plane ticket from Toronto, Canada, to Amman, Jordan. On Oct. 21, 2019, McCormick was arrested after he traveled to a small private airport in Connecticut where he expected to board a plane that would fly him to Canada.
Mccormick has been detained since his arrest. On January 12, 2020, he pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) investigated the case with the assistance of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The FBI's JTTF includes participants from Homeland Security Investigations, IRS – Criminal Investigation Division, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Connecticut State Police, Connecticut Department of Correction, Norwich Police Department, Hartford Police Department, Stamford Police Department, Town of Groton Police Department, Yale Police Department, and New York Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Neeraj Patel and Peter Jongbloed for the District of Connecticut, and Trial Attorneys Justin Sher and John Cella of the National Security Division's Counterterrorism Section prosecuted the case.
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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