Judge sentences terror suspect to 27-year prison term

Judge sentences terror suspect to 27-year prison term

TOLEDO

A judge has handed down a 27-year prison term to a man accused of supporting terrorism and trying to arrange the killing of the Ohio federal judge who originally oversaw his case.

Monday’s sentence from Judge Edmund Sargus for defendant Yahya Farooq Mohammad also requires the Indian citizen to be deported at the end of his sentence and to pay a $25,000 fine.

Mohammad is one of four men with Ohio ties who were accused in 2015 of working to send money to Anwar al-Awlaki, an Al Qaida leader killed by a U.S. drone in 2011.

Mohammad’s attorney has said he was drawn into the plot to kill federal Judge Jack Zouhary by another inmate trying to reduce his own sentence.

Three others charged are awaiting trial.

Authorities charge 12-year-old after school threats

LANCASTER, Ohio

Authorities have charged a 12-year-old boy after threats made against an Ohio elementary school.

The threats were made against Millersport Elementary School in central Ohio on Thursday and Friday, and included emailed threats of a bomb and the killing of children.

The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested the boy Monday and charged him with two counts of inducing panic.

Sheriff Dave Phalen says the boy was released to the custody of guardians.

Walnut Township Local Schools Superintendent Randy Cotner says the district is grateful an arrest was made and happy to resume normal operations.

School bus crash sends teen driver, 11 others to hospital

JAMESTOWN, Ohio

The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a 16-year-old driver in a car caused a crash with a school bus in southwestern Ohio, injuring the teen and some passengers on the bus.

The Dayton Daily News reports the teen driver and 11 passengers from the bus were taken to a hospital for evaluation after the Monday morning collision on a road south of Jamestown.

The Greeneview Local School District later said children were treated for minor injuries and released.

State troopers say the teen driver was cited for not maintaining an assured clear distance from another vehicle.

Associated Press