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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Woman from Virginia who 'offered to help recruit for Islamic State' is charged with terrorism offenses

A Virginia woman faces a federal charge after being accused of promoting the Islamic State in social media and offering to help an undercover agent get a friend into Syria to join the extremist group.

Heather Elizabeth Coffman of Henrico County made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court on Monday and was ordered held until a Wednesday afternoon detention hearing, court documents show. She is charged with making a materially false statement about an offense involving terrorism.

According to an affidavit filed by an FBI agent, Coffman promoted the organization known as ISIS on several Facebook accounts she maintained under various names.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Can't we arrest Obama for making false statements that supports terrorists?