A Maryland man inspired by the Islamic State group plotted to ram a stolen U-Haul truck into as many pedestrians as possible at a popular convention and tourist destination just outside the nation\u2019s capital, federal prosecutors said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The allegation was made in a court \nfiling as prosecutors in Maryland urged a judge to keep the defendant, \n28-year-old Rondell Henry, detained on a charge of driving a stolen \nvehicle across state lines. The police arrested him on March 28 after \nofficers who discovered the stolen truck saw him leap over a security \nfence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was just going to keep driving and driving and driving.\n I wasn\u2019t going to stop,\u201d the document quotes Henry as telling law \nenforcement authorities who questioned him. He said he wanted to create \n\u201cpanic and chaos\u201d similar to a deadly truck attack that killed scores of\n people in Nice, France, in 2016, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \ngovernment\u2019s six-page detention motion describes Henry as harboring \nhatred for \u201cdisbelievers\u201d and looking to emulate Islamic State militants\n he saw on beheading videos and fighting overseas. On his phone, which \nprosecutors say he discarded on a highway in an apparent attempt to \nconceal evidence, authorities found images of the ISIS flag, armed ISIS \nfighters and the man who carried out the massacre in an Orlando, \nFlorida, nightclub three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After his arrest by local law\n enforcement, Henry was taken for a psychiatric evaluation and was then \ntaken into FBI custody once that was done, said a law enforcement \nofficial who was not authorized to discuss the investigation by name and\n spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A detention hearing was \nscheduled for Tuesday in Greenbelt, Maryland. It was not clear if \nprosecutors would file additional charges accusing him of planning an \nattack. The charge of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle, \nwhich carries up to 10 years in prison, is likely a placeholder count, \nwith prosecutors expected to present evidence before a grand jury and \nsecure an indictment that could have new charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The document \nalleges that Henry, a computer engineer, walked off his job in the \nmiddle of the day on March 26 and stole a U-Haul van from the parking \ngarage of a mall in Virginia after determining that his four-door sedan \n\u201cwould not cause the catastrophic damage that he desired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He \nfirst considered an attack at Dulles International Airport, trying \nunsuccessfully over two hours to breach the security perimeter by \nslipping in through a checkpoint or accessing a restricted area, \nprosecutors said.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Maryland man \ninspired by the Islamic State group plotted to ram a stolen U-Haul truck\n into as many pedestrians as possible at a popular convention and \ntourist destination just outside the nation\u2019s capital, federal \nprosecutors said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The allegation was made in a court \nfiling as prosecutors in Maryland urged a judge to keep the defendant, \n28-year-old Rondell Henry, detained on a charge of driving a stolen \nvehicle across state lines. The police arrested him on March 28 after \nofficers who discovered the stolen truck saw him leap over a security \nfence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was just going to keep driving and driving and driving.\n I wasn\u2019t going to stop,\u201d the document quotes Henry as telling law \nenforcement authorities who questioned him. He said he wanted to create \n\u201cpanic and chaos\u201d similar to a deadly truck attack that killed scores of\n people in Nice, France, in 2016, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \ngovernment\u2019s six-page detention motion describes Henry as harboring \nhatred for \u201cdisbelievers\u201d and looking to emulate Islamic State militants\n he saw on beheading videos and fighting overseas. On his phone, which \nprosecutors say he discarded on a highway in an apparent attempt to \nconceal evidence, authorities found images of the ISIS flag, armed ISIS \nfighters and the man who carried out the massacre in an Orlando, \nFlorida, nightclub three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After his arrest by local law\n enforcement, Henry was taken for a psychiatric evaluation and was then \ntaken into FBI custody once that was done, said a law enforcement \nofficial who was not authorized to discuss the investigation by name and\n spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A detention hearing was \nscheduled for Tuesday in Greenbelt, Maryland. It was not clear if \nprosecutors would file additional charges accusing him of planning an \nattack. The charge of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle, \nwhich carries up to 10 years in prison, is likely a placeholder count, \nwith prosecutors expected to present evidence before a grand jury and \nsecure an indictment that could have new charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The document \nalleges that Henry, a computer engineer, walked off his job in the \nmiddle of the day on March 26 and stole a U-Haul van from the parking \ngarage of a mall in Virginia after determining that his four-door sedan \n\u201cwould not cause the catastrophic damage that he desired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He \nfirst considered an attack at Dulles International Airport, trying \nunsuccessfully over two hours to breach the security perimeter by \nslipping in through a checkpoint or accessing a restricted area, \nprosecutors said.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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