Teenage lady deliberate mass-casualty synagogue assault in Texas, FBI says | EUROtoday

A tip despatched to legislation enforcement uncovered an alleged plan by a North Carolina teenager to hold out a mass-casualty assault at a synagogue in Houston, in keeping with the FBI’s Charlotte subject workplace.

Angelina Hicks, 18, of Lexington, was arrested in Davidson County on April 22 and faces felony conspiracy fees, together with conspiracy to commit assault with a lethal weapon with intent to kill or inflict critical damage and conspiracy to commit homicide.

Agents acquired data on Tuesday that Hicks “was believed to be targeting members of the Jewish Community for a potential act of violence,” in keeping with a Davidson County Sheriff’s Office information launch.

Evidence recovered from her Lexington dwelling pointed to a plan that concerned Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, the FBI stated. Details of what was discovered was not revealed.

The assault was allegedly deliberate for April 21, 2028, in keeping with a courtroom order obtained by The Houston Chronicle that acknowledged, “The conspiracy is to kill as many Jews as possible by driving through a congregation at a synagogue.”

An unnamed 16-year-old in Harris County, Texas, has additionally been charged with conspiracy to commit capital homicide, in keeping with the Houston Police Department.

Investigators say Hicks allegedly conspired with two people known as “Teegan” and “Angel,” whose final names are at the moment unknown, to commit homicide in opposition to members of the synagogue, in keeping with warrants obtained by FOX 8 News.

But the alleged plan was foiled when authorities acquired the tip earlier this week.

“This is an exceptional example of when you see something concerning, you say something to law enforcement,” the FBI stated, noting the significance of public reporting.

Hicks’ mother and father dispute the allegations, saying their daughter lacked each the means and intent to hold out such an assault. They described her on-line exercise as role-play and fantasy – not a plan for homicide.

“It’s ludicrous. It’s a fantasy game,” her father, Dannie Hicks, stated in an interview with WFMY. “And that’s the way she looked at it as a fantasy game online.”

“It wasn’t no doggone terror attacks,” Dannie Hicks continued. “How in the world would you pull something like that off? She don’t drive. She ain’t got a car. She don’t have guns. She don’t know how to use a gun. She never shot a gun. How’s she gonna get to Texas? It’s nuts what they’ve done to her.”

Hicks’ mother and father described the teenager as a popular pupil who was weeks away from graduating from Valley Regional Academy whereas enrolled in a dual-enrollment group faculty program.

“She was supposed to graduate in two weeks,” her father stated.

Hicks is being held on a $10 million bond. She is ready to seem in Davidson County District Court on May 13.