Court Case

USA v. Ceasar, Sinmyah Amera

March 2019 (Updated June 26, 2019)
Brooklyn, NY
Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)

[EDNY] Sinmyah Amera Ceasar from New Jersey was arrested and charged with material support to ISIS in 2016. She signed a cooperation agreement with the federal government and was let go on supervised release. She, however, continued to support ISIS and was re-arrested and charged with obstruction of a government proceeding in March to which she subsequently pleaded guilty. Ceasar was initially sentenced to 48-months in prison, but the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan threw out what it called a "shockingly low" four-year prison term for Ceasar who admitted to supporting Islamic State. The Court ordered that she be resentenced.

Case Updates

2019-06-26 | Former NJ Woman Sentenced to Four Years for Recruiting for ISIS

Sinmyah Amera Ceasar was sentenced to four years in federal prison for providing material support to ISIS and obstruction of justice.

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