A 20-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, was arrested on Monday for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, according to a Justice Department press release issued Monday evening.
Aaron Travis Daniels, who used the aliases Harun Muhammad and Abu Yusef, was taken into custody by FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force officials before boarding a flight to Houston, Texas, at John Glenn Columbus International Airport.
The criminal complaint against Daniels states the suspect had communicated with the overseas terrorist group and committed to carry out jihad in conversations with Abu Isa Al-Amriki, a now-deceased ISIS operative and recruiter.
This year, Daniels told an undercover FBI employee he planned to travel to Trinidad as the beginning of his trip to Libya. On Saturday, the suspect booked a Monday flight from Houston to Trinidad. It is unclear whether he was going to recruit other fighters, carry out an attack in the Caribbean island, or just stop briefly on his way to the Middle East.
In January 2016, Daniels wired $250 to ISIS as a pledge of support. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
