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Feds: Army Deserter Who Supported IS Faces Gun Charges
Source: Associated Press
Feds: Army Deserter Who Supported IS Faces Gun Charges
By GENE JOHNSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE — Feb 8, 2016, 4:37 PM ET
An Army deserter from Washington state who called Osama bin Laden "a beautiful man," made statements supporting the Islamic State group and called for the death of American troops has been charged with illegally possessing firearms, including machine guns, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Daniel Seth Franey, 33, of Montesano, was barred from having guns because he was subject to a protection order taken out by his former partner, but he nevertheless joined an uncover agent in making what he believed were black-market gun deliveries, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in Tacoma.
At one point, he fired an AK-47 at a remote campground with the agent, the complaint says.
The investigation began last year, after several people complained to law enforcement that Franey was making pro-Islamic State statements, an agent with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force wrote. One person said Franey tried to buy his or her AK-47 and insisted he or she should fly an IS flag at home — a confrontation that ended only after the person grabbed a shotgun and called police, the documents say.
Franey did not have an attorney listed in court documents but was due to make an initial appearance on Monday afternoon. He faces five counts of unlawful gun possession but no terrorism charges.
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By GENE JOHNSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE — Feb 8, 2016, 4:37 PM ET
An Army deserter from Washington state who called Osama bin Laden "a beautiful man," made statements supporting the Islamic State group and called for the death of American troops has been charged with illegally possessing firearms, including machine guns, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Daniel Seth Franey, 33, of Montesano, was barred from having guns because he was subject to a protection order taken out by his former partner, but he nevertheless joined an uncover agent in making what he believed were black-market gun deliveries, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in Tacoma.
At one point, he fired an AK-47 at a remote campground with the agent, the complaint says.
The investigation began last year, after several people complained to law enforcement that Franey was making pro-Islamic State statements, an agent with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force wrote. One person said Franey tried to buy his or her AK-47 and insisted he or she should fly an IS flag at home — a confrontation that ended only after the person grabbed a shotgun and called police, the documents say.
Franey did not have an attorney listed in court documents but was due to make an initial appearance on Monday afternoon. He faces five counts of unlawful gun possession but no terrorism charges.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/feds-army-deserter-supported-faces-gun-charges-36794543
