Profiles
Mohamed Mahmood Alessa
| Charge Date: | Fri Jun. 4, 2010 |
| Investigation Type(s): | Agent Provocateur, Informant, Sting |
| Charges: | Conspiracy to murder, kidnap, or maim overseas |
| Outcome: | Case pending |
| Convictions: | None |
| State: | New Jersey |
| Alleged Affiliation: | al-Shabaab |
| Description: | An undercover police officer recorded Alessa and Carlos Almonte making statements about terrorism and jihad. They allegedly said they had tried to join fighters in Jordan and discussed traveling to Egypt and Somalia to join the mujahideen. After intensive FBI surveillance, they were arrested as they tried to leave the country. "If one of them went to the bathroom, they were followed," said one official. |
| Offsite News Stories: | |
| Court Documents: |
