Date: 08-30-2016

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Case Number: 1:15-cr-00098-SA-DAS

Judge: Sharion Aycock

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (Monroe County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Clay Joyner, Bob Norman and Rebecca Magnone

Defendant's Attorney: Gregory S. Park

Description: Aberdeen, MS - Mississippi Man Sentenced to Eight Years In Prison For Conspiring To Provide Material Support To ISIL

Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 23, of Starkville, Mississippi, was sentenced today to serve 96 months in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.

On March 13, Dakhlalla pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock of the Northern District of Mississippi, who imposed today’s sentence and ordered Dakhlalla to serve a 15-year term of supervised release.

Dakhlalla pleaded guilty to conspiring with Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, also of Starkville, to provide material support to ISIL. Young pleaded guilty to the same charge on March 30 and was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release on Aug. 11.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI’s Jackson Division Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Washington Field Office.

Count: 1 Citation: 18:2339B.F Offense Level: 4
PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES TO TERRORISTS
Count: 3 Citation: 18:2339B.F Offense Level: 4
PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES TO TERRORISTS

§2339. Harboring or concealing terrorists

(a) Whoever harbors or conceals any person who he knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, has committed, or is about to commit, an offense under section 32 (relating to destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities), section 175 (relating to biological weapons), section 229 (relating to chemical weapons), section 831 (relating to nuclear materials), paragraph (2) or (3) of section 844(f) (relating to arson and bombing of government property risking or causing injury or death), section 1366(a) (relating to the destruction of an energy facility), section 2280 (relating to violence against maritime navigation), section 2332a (relating to weapons of mass destruction), or section 2332b (relating to acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries) of this title, section 236(a) (relating to sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2284(a)), or section 46502 (relating to aircraft piracy) of title 49, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

(b) A violation of this section may be prosecuted in any Federal judicial district in which the underlying offense was committed, or in any other Federal judicial district as provided by law.

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

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