Plans for New Orleans attack thwarted after ex-marine arrested
Officials had been surveilling Micah James Legnon due to ties to extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government groupPlans to “carry out an attack” in New Orleans were thwarted after an ex-US marine was arrested while on the way to the Louisiana city with guns and body armor in the car,...
<p>Officials had been surveilling Micah James Legnon due to ties to extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group</p><p>Plans to “carry out an attack” in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-orleans-clergy-abuse">New Orleans</a> were thwarted after an ex-US marine was arrested while on the way to the Louisiana city with guns and body armor in the car, according to court documents obtained Tuesday by the Associated Press.</p><p>Micah James Legnon, 28, was charged with threats in interstate commerce. Federal authorities said they had been surveilling Legnon due to ties to an extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group. Four members of the group were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/15/la-alleged-terror-plot-arrests-california">arrested</a> Friday in the Mojave desert, east of Los Angeles, as they were rehearsing a foiled plot to set off bombs in southern California on New Year’s Eve, authorities said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/new-orleans-attack-thwarted-ex-marine">Continue reading...</a>
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