HANOVER, Md. — An Anne Arundel County man is charged with plotting to fight for ISIS in Africa, or, failing that, to attack “people who support Israel” in the U.S.
FBI agents arrested Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 21, of Hanover, at BWI Airport on Oct. 14 after he had checked in for a flight to ultimately go to Somalia to join ISIS, according to a press release.
He faces up to 20 years in federal prison for trying to support a foreign terrorist organization.
Teekaye – who had bought ammunition and range time at a Severn shooting range, and had been having many conversations with an undercover officer in 2023 – allegedly got an Ethiopian e-Visa and plane tickets from a Somali ISIS fighter was planning to fly to Turkey, then cross the border into Somalia.
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