A 19-year-old Kent man was arrested and charged by the Department of Justice for allegedly supporting a terrorist organization, and an investigation showed that he participated in group chats with men who planned to commit an attack in Michigan.

According to the U.S. District Court of New Jersey court documents, on Nov. 4, Saed Ali Mirreh, 19, of Kent, was arrested for providing support to a group that included men who planned to commit a terroristic attack on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).

Mirreh is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, and attempt to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Documents state that Mirreh was in group chats that included men who lived in

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