Court Case

USA v. Leveille, Jany, et al.

August 2018 (Updated September 11, 2018)
Amalia (Taos County), NM
Homegrown

[DNM] On March 13, 2019, Jany Leveille, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj,Hujrah Wahhaj, Subhanah Wahhaj, and Lucas Morton were charged in a superseding indictment with federal offenses related to terrorism, kidnapping and firearms violations. The superseding indictment charged all of the defendants with participating in a conspiracy from October 2017 to August 2018 to provide material support and resources, including currency, training, weapons, and personnel, knowing and intending that they were to be used in preparation for and in carrying out attacks to kill officers and employees of the United States. The defendants were previously charged by indictment on Sept. 11, 2018, with a conspiracy relating to the possession of firearms and ammunition by an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States. The original indictment also charged Leveille with possessing firearms and ammunition as an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States.

Case Updates

2018-09-11 | New Mexico Compound Clan Held in Custody Until Trial

A federal indictment filed Sept. 11 charged Jany Leveille, a a 35-year-old Haitian living illegally in the country, with possession of firearms and ammunition. The other four defendants were charged with conspiring to provide an illegal alien with weapons. The defendants were ordered by a federal judge to be held in custody until their trial on firearms and conspiracy charges stemming from a purported plot to train children as school shooters at a remote compound. The compound acted as a "training camp and firing range in Taos County"for the extended family training "to prepare for violent attacks on government, military, education, and financial institutions," according to the U.S. attorney for New Mexico.

https://www.investigativeproject.org/ext/16273

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