CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal grand jury has charged an Ohio man accused of posting the addresses of military workers on social media suggesting they be killed.
Prosecutors say Terrence J. McNeil, 25, was sympathetic to the Islamic State. He was indicted Tuesday, charged with solicitation of a crime of violence and threatening military employees.
Assistant U.S. Attorney General John Carlin says McNeil solicited the murder of military workers by disseminating violent Islamic State rhetoric, posting detailed information about 100 service members and calling for them to be killed.
The government says McNeil wrote on a Twitter post Oct. 3 that the “number one target” was the Navy Seal that killed Osama Bin Laden.
A call to McNeil’s court-appointed attorney rang unanswered Tuesday, and the attorney didn’t respond to an email requesting comment.