Maryland Court Gives ISIS Supporter 15 Years for Plot Against Jews

A federal court in Maryland sentenced Michael Sam Teekaye Jr. to 15 years in prison and lifetime supervised release after he pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to ISIS. Prosecutors said Teekaye tried to travel through Turkey and Ethiopia to join ISIS in Somalia, bought ammunition and range time, and tried to obtain a Kalashnikov-style rifle while on probation. They said his fallback plan was to attack Jews and people who support Israel in the United States, and that FBI agents arrested him at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in October 2024. The case underlines how counterterror enforcement protects diaspora Jewish communities from jihadist antisemitism.