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Washington D.C. Metro police officer arrested for ISIS aid
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veteran Metro police officer (not pictured) is accused of trying to aid
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Washington D.C. Metro police officer arrested for allegedly aiding ISIS; first American cop accused of helping terror group
Washington D.C. Metro Cop Arrested for Supporting ISIS
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Nicholas Young, 36, is the first American police officer accused of trying to help the terror group.
Young is accused of trying to send ISIS fighters $245 in gift cards to help them buy mobile messaging accounts for recruitment, according to a criminal complaint. He also allegedly advised a man he believed to be an ISIS recruit on how to travel overseas without detection.
Investigators first spoke to Young in 2010, after an acquaintance of his, Zachary Chesser, was arrested for trying to help a foreign terror network.
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Over the next six years, Young kept in touch with undercover informants he believed to be ISIS recruits and terrorists, the criminal complaint says.
He expressed an "interest in terrorism-related activity," according to the complaint.
Young, joined the Metro police force in 2003, traveled to Libya once and attempted a second visit. He later boasted to undercover agents that he was with rebels trying to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi. A search of his luggage revealed body armor and a Kevlar helmet, authorities said.
A veteran Metro police officer (not pictured) is accused of trying to aid ISIS fighters overseas.
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"Obviously, the allegations in this case are profoundly disturbing," Wiedefeld's statement said.
"They're disturbing to me, and they're disturbing to everyone who wears the uniform."
Metro said Young was fired immediately upon his arrest. But the department did not say if it took any measures to monitor Young during the years he was under surveillance.
Calls to Young's relatives were not immediately returned.
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