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Thomas Osadzinski, 23, was convicted following a two-week trial of attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. On Thursday, a federal judge in Chicago sentenced him to 90 months in prison.
A court in Pennsylvania, U.S. has sentenced a 24-year-old Syrian American, Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, to over 17 years (208 months), in federal prison over his support for the dreaded terror group, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and plot to bomb a Nigerian church in Pittsburgh. Alowemer moved to the U.S. in 2016 as a refugee from Syria.
Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 24, met with undercover agents posing as ISIS supporters several times in 2019 as part of a plot to bomb a church in Pittsburgh.
Pennsylvania man was sentenced yesterday to 208 months, more than 17 years, in federal prison, followed by lifetime of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
The arrest of Joseph Howe marks at least the 20th Kentucky resident to face charges over the Jan. 6, 2021 riol at the U.S. Capitol.