Three Palm Beach County men were charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS, the Department of Justice announced Friday. One of the men also attempted to travel overseas to join the fight for ISIS, but was intercepted at the airport.
Gregory Hubbard, aka Jibreel, 52, of West Palm Beach, Fla.; Darren Arness Jackson, aka Daoud, 50, also of West Palm Beach; and Dayne Atani Christian, aka Shakur, 31, of Lake Park, Fla. will be arraigned on Aug. 5.
According to the allegations in the complaint, Hubbard expressed support for ISIS and told a confidential FBI source he wanted to travel to Syria and join ISIS to engage in violent jihad.
Hubbard introduced the source to Christian and Jackson, both of whom provided weapons and firearms instruction to Hubbard and the source, whom they understood were preparing to travel overseas to join and fight for ISIS. The complaint further alleges that Jackson and Christian also expressed a desire to join ISIS.
Hubbard purchased an airplane ticket to Germany, where he planned to board a train to Turkey and then head to Syria. Hubbard was arrested on July 21, 2016, at Miami International Airport prior to the first leg of his overseas trip.
Jackson, who had driven Hubbard to the airport, was arrested after he left the airport premises. Christian was arrested at his place of work.
If convicted, the men face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for the material support charge. Christian faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted on the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.