Rochester Bar Owner Says Suspect In Would-Be Terror Plot A Panhandler

A Rochester man accused of being an ISIS sympathizer planned to kill patrons at a Rochester restaurant/bar on New Year’s Eve, federal authorities allege.

Rochester, which is in upstate NY, canceled its planned New Year’s Eve fireworks celebration.

He “caused more trouble than positive”, Page told the Democrat and Chronicle.

The FBI says Lutchman pledged loyalty to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wanted to leave to U.S.to live in the caliphate and join ISIL back in November.

“The arrest of Emanuel Lutchman is an important reminder of the new normal of global terrorism”.

“The boy is impressionable”, Omar told NBC News.

Prosecutors allege that Lutchman began communicating last week with a person claiming to be an Islamic State member in Syria.

The case caps a year that saw the FBI launch terrorism-related investigations in every state and jurisdiction, and make more than 60 arrests of alleged supporters of Islamic State or other extremist groups.

Emanuel Lutchman, 25, attempted to “provide material support [to ISIS], he planned to kill innocent civilians on New Year’s Eve in the name of the terrorist organization”, Assistant Attorney General John Carlin said. A relative said Lutchman suffers from mental health problems. One of them paid for masks, zip-ties, knives, duct tape, ammonia and latex gloves that were allegedly supposed to be used in the attack, the court documents show. While juvenile criminal records are sealed, the fact that Lutchman at age 16 received a five-year sentence for the robbery indicates he likely had previous encounters with law enforcement. The contact told him to plan an “operation” on New Year’s Eve to kill “1,000,000s of kuffar [nonbelievers]”. Charles Schumer. “It is now clear that ISIS is focusing on identifying disaffected individuals here in America and encouraging them to act as lone wolves to commit evil acts”.

It was the second time in 17 months that a man in Rochester has been arrested on terror charges related to IS.

“Just the way we’ve adjusted to weather… this is part of the new world order”, the governor said. She added that if citizens see something, they should “say something”.