Man accused of plotting Christmas terror attack on San Francisco's Pier 39

By artappraiser on Fri, 12/22/2017 - 9:26pm |

By Evan Sernoffsky & Lizzie Johnson @ sfchronicle.com, Dec. 22

A 26-year-old tow truck driver from Modesto was accused Friday of planning an Islamic State-inspired terror attack over the holidays on San Francisco’s Pier 39, only to find out that his would-be partners were undercover FBI agents.

Everitt Aaron Jameson, a onetime high school wrestler who converted to Islam after being discharged from the Marines and losing custody of his two children, was charged at U.S. District Court in Sacramento with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

The FBI arrested Jameson on Wednesday while raiding his home [.....]

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