DC Metro Transit Cop Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Assist ISIS
Source: ABC News
A veteran police officer with one of the nation's most prominent transit systems has been arrested for allegedly trying to help ISIS, as first reported by ABC News.
Authorities believe that while working for the Metro Transit Police Department around Washington, D.C. – a community he swore to protect – officer Nicholas Young was also trying to assist ISIS operatives find more ways to communicate in secret, sources told ABC News.
Young allegedly purchased technology-related items to send to the ISIS operatives so they could evade authorities when contacting each other, according to the sources.
Instead of allegedly engaging with true ISIS associates, however, Young was actually in touch with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Washington, which has been conducting a lengthy undercover investigation into the officer.
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