A Mississippi woman has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State.
Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, faces a maximum 20-year prison sentence and fine of up to $250,000, according to CNN. She was arrested at a Mississippi airport in August.
According to court documents, Young was on her way to Syria with her fiance, Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, who pleaded guilty earlier this month, according to the Justice Department. Documents said the coupled planned to use their wedding and honeymoon as a cover to travel to Syria.
Dakhlalla is the son of a local imam, and Young is the daughter of a police officer who was led toward the Islamic State by online videos. She recently converted to Islam, according to a law enforcement official.
Prosecutors say that the FBI held “undercover interactions” with Young on the Internet after identifying her as a Twitter user who supported the terror group. She told the FBI that she was planning to leave with a “partner” for an Islamic State-controlled territory.
The complaint alleges, among other things, how the couple described their skills with “computers, education and media.”
“I am good with computers, education and media,” Dakhlalla allegedly wrote in one message to an undercover FBI agent.
“What could I contribute?” Young also allegedly told an undercover FBI agent. “I am skilled in math and chemistry and worked at an analytical lab here on my college campus. My partner is very good with things like computer science/media. We learn very fast and would love to help with giving medical aid.”
