ISIS sympathizer from N.J. sentenced to 16 years in prison

By The Staff
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ISIS is reportedly on the verge of losing its final significant territorial stronghold as U.S.-backed military forces close in at this very moment.

Meanwhile, back here at a home on Friday, a New Jersey resident was sentenced to 16 years in jail for planning a terror attack with a pressure cooker bomb in New York with the apparent goal of supporting ISIS.

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22-year-old Gregory Lepsky of Point Pleasant pleaded guilty in March 2018 to “attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Click here for the DOJ’s full press release providing background on Lepsky and his crime.

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