By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 23-year-old man who caused a stir by shooting at military installations in Northern Virginia in late 2010, pleaded guilty Thursday in Alexandria, Va. fed court to damaging more than $100,000 in property and firearms violations. Yonathan Melaku, 23, of Alexandria, Va., was involved in five separate shootings at military installations…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the suburbs of D.C., resident Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid was more than just a suburban dweller, at least according to the FBI. Authorities announced this week charges against the 47-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, who lived in Leesburg, Va., and allegedly collected video and audio recordings and other information about people…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The pirate biz may have provided a good life for two Somalian men. Now it’s simply providing life — in prison that is. Ali Abdi Mohamed, 30, and Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf, 31, were both sentenced Monday in federal court in Norfolk, Va. to life in prison for their roles in the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s serious prison time for Farooque Ahmed, 35, of Ashburn, Va., who pleaded guilty to plotting to bomb the Washington area subway system. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce in Alexandria, Va. sentenced Ahmed, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, to 23 years in prison. Ahmed thought he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A 20-year-old Virginia man, who made threats against the TV show “South Park”, was arrested Wednesday on charges of providing material support to al Shabaab, a terrorist organization in Somalia with links to al Qaeda, authorities said. Zachary Adam Chesser, 20, of Fairfax County, Va., who according to a…
