Virginia Brothers Arrested for Alleged Plot to Kill ICE Officers

The arrest comes as ICE personnel have experienced a more than 1,500 percent increase in assaults.

(Left) Virginia School Assistant Principal John Wilson Bennett. (Right) Mark Booth Bennett. Courtesy of the DHS

Two U.S. citizens were arrested for allegedly planning attacks against police officers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Department of Homeland Security said in a Nov. 26 statement.

The arrested individuals are John Wilson Bennett, who has served as the Assistant Principal of Kempsville High School, Virginia, since 2009, and his brother Mark Booth Bennett.