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Court Case
USA v. Wright, David (aka Dawud Sharif Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq)
June 2015 (Updated September 29, 2020)
Everett, MA
Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL)
[DMA]David Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq of Everett, Massachusetts, and Nicholas Rovinski aka Nuh Amriki aka Nuh al Andalusi of Warwick, Rhode Island, are charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The complaint affidavit alleges that Wright, Rovinski and a third person, Usaamah Abdullah Rahim, conspired to commit attacks and kill persons inside the United States, which they believed would support ISIL's objectives. Rahim was shot and killed after he attacked Boston Police Officers and FBI agents seeking to question him. Rovinski pleaded guilty to conspiring with Wright and another individual named Usaamah Abdullah Rahim (now deceased) to provide material support to ISIL. In Feb. 2017 Wright was charged in a second superseding indictment with one additional obstruction of justice count in connection with Wright's deletion of data on his laptop computer. Wright was sentenced to 28 years in prison for supporting ISIS and conspiring to murder U.S. citizens. Rovinski was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring with Wright to commit acts of terrorism to support ISIS, including beheading Americans and killing police. He was re-sentenced in September 2020 to 30 years in prison.
Case Updates
2020-09-29 | Massachusetts Man Re-Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Murder U.S. Citizens, Including Police, on Behalf of ISIS
David Daoud Wright, a/k/a Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq, a/k/a Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq of Everett, Mass., was re-sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for conspiring to murder U.S. citizens, including police officers, on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In December 2017, Wright was sentenced to 28 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him of conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS, conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice. In August 2019, the First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated count one (conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS) and affirmed the other counts. The case was remanded to the district court for re-sentencing, which took place in September 2020.
Case Documents
Re-Sentencing Memorandum- Re-Sentencing Press Release
- Sentencing Press Release (Re Nicholas Rovinski)
- GX 075_Amazon records re UAR
- GX 062-a_June 2 2015 at 729am
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- GX 017_Picture 10 4600 Washington St Tablet Recovered
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- GX 015_Picture 8 4600 Washington St Backpack Recovered
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- GX 005-a_June 2 2015 at 518am
- GX 308_How to Survive in the West
- GX 074_2nd Prison Letter
- GX 073_Page from 1st Prison Letter
- GX 071_rovinski twitter
- GX 070_rovisnki cooperation agreement
- GX 069_rovinski plea agreement
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- GX 061-a_May 31 2015 at 638am
- GX 061_DW and NR call 5 31 15
- GX 060-a_May 31 2015 at 518am
- GX 060_UAR and DW call 5 31 15
- GX 059-a_May 29 2015 at 625pm excerpts
- GX 058-a_May 27 2015 at 228pm excerpts
- GX 058_DW and NR call 52715 excerpts
- GX 057-a_May 26 2015 at 254pm
- GX 057_UAR and DW call 5 26 15
- GX 406_NAR Calendar May 2015
- GX 238_3 DABIQ A Call To Hijrah
- GX 236_1 DABIQ Return of the Khilafa
- GX 214_TheIslamicState2015FullEbook
- GX 056_umarmukhtar abdulqadir email
- GX 055_Nuh A Facebook Excerpts
- GX 007 _Arabic words and phrases chart
- GX 001_Signed Stipulation regarding ISIS as FTO
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- GX 176_Phtos Texas shooting suspects split
- GX 413_CBP Records re Junaid Hussain 2
- GX 402_Map of Syria and Turkey
- GX 400_Twitter postings of Junaid Hussain 1 15 to 5 15
- GX 392_Travel Records of Junaid Hussain
- GX 390_Booking Photo of Junaid Hussain
- GX 383_Twitter Tweets excerpts from UAR Tablet 8 17
- GX 368_Twitter Tweets excerpts Rahim's galaxy phone 8 17
- GX 285_1b29 laptop recovery process
- GX 048_CBP Records re Zulfi Hoxha
- David Wright Sentencing Press Release
- Nicholas Rovinski Plea Agreement
- Government Sentencing Memorandum (Re David Wright)
- Government Sentencing Memorandum Re Nicholas Rovinski
- David Wright Second Superseding Indictment
- Nicholas Rovinski Guilty Press Release
- Superseding Indictment
- Nicholas Rovinski Complaint Affidavit
- Nicholas Rovinski Complaint Press Release
- David Wright Complaint
- David Wright Complaint Press Release
- David Wright Complaint Affidavit