FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Florida woman has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison for attempting to send cell phones to the Middle East to be used as bomb detonators by the Islamic State terrorist group.
Alison Marie Sheppard was sentenced Friday in Fort Myers federal court. She pleaded guilty last year to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State.
Court documents say Sheppard began using social media applications in 2016 to connect with other ISIS supporters and eventually began communicating with two undercover law enforcement agents. She sent 10 cell phones to one of the agents in 2017, believing they would be used in pressure cooker bombs.
RELATED: Two US Marines killed in Iraq
What other people are reading right now:
- Derek Chauvin charged with 3rd degree murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd
- CNN crew arrested on live TV while covering Minneapolis protests
- Tampa Bay police chiefs respond to the death of George Floyd
- ens of thousands of traveler forms collected at checkpoints set up on Florida's borders
- 103-year-old woman celebrates coronavirus recovery with a cold beer
FREE 10 TAMPA BAY APP:
►Stay In the Know! Sign up now for the Brightside Blend Newsletter
