Texas Man Charged With Attempting to Provide Bomb Components, Funding to ISIS

Over the past year, there have been at least 11 plots or attacks against U.S. targets that were inspired by ISIS, the U.S. Central Command said.

A mural bears the logo of the ISIS terrorist group in the village of Albu Sayf, Iraq, on March 1, 2017. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

A Texas man alleged to be an ISIS sympathizer has been charged with an international terrorism offense for allegedly providing bomb making components and funding to people he believed were acting on behalf of the terror outfit, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a Dec. 29 statement.

John Michael Garza Jr., 21, of Midlothian, was charged last week after coming into the spotlight in mid-October, when an undercover New York City Police Department employee saw that Garza’s social media account followed several pro-ISIS accounts, with the accused allegedly commenting on a pro-ISIS post as well, the DOJ said. ISIS is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States.