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Eugene

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Tue Mar 29, 2016, 07:34 PM Mar 2016

The Latest: Mississippian pleads guilty to terrorism charge

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Mississippian pleads guilty to terrorism charge

By Associated Press | 4:01 p.m. March 29, 2016

ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on an Islamic State sympathizer pleading guilty in Mississippi (all times local):

5:45 p.m.

A Mississippi woman who once sought to disguise a journey to join the Islamic State group as her honeymoon is pleading guilty to a federal terrorism charge.

Jaelyn Young, a 20-year-old originally from Vicksburg, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization.

Young faces up to 20 years in prison, $250,000 in fines and lifetime probation.

Her fiancé, Muhammad Dakhlalla, pleaded guilty March 11 to a similar charge and awaits sentencing.

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