A federal judge has ordered the release of a Maryland man who has been imprisoned for more than four years on charges that he plotted Islamic State group-inspired attacks at an airport and at an entertainment complex in the Washington, D.
FILE - The terminal at Dulles International Airpor stands behind a Metrorail station sign, Nov. 2, 2022, in Chantilly, Va. A federal judge on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, ordered the release of a Maryland man who has been imprisoned for more than four years on charges that he plotted Islamic State-inspired attacks at the airport and at a shopping and entertainment complex in the Washington, D.C., area.
Henry's case remained in limbo for years amid questions about his mental competency. Last year, his attorneys notified the court that he intended to pursue an insanity defense. Defense attorney Ned Smock said after the hearing that he doesn't know how long it will take for Henry to be released from custody.
Henry admits that he stole a U-Haul van from a parking garage in Alexandria, Virginia, and drove it around the Washington area overnight. On the morning of March 27, 2019, he drove it to Dulles airport. Henry left the airport and drove to National Harbor, where he parked the van and slept on somebody else's private boat. Police arrested him the next morning after they found the vehicle and saw Henry jump over a security fence.with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State group. His lawyers say the evidence doesn't show that Henry was “acting to support an extremist organization.
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