US EditionFBI arrests terrorism suspect in New Iberia, connected with California group
Micah Legnon, linked to a pro-Palestinian extremist group, planned a separate violent attack as authorities foiled coordinated New Year's Eve bombings in Southern California.
- On December 15, 2025, federal authorities announced arrests including a New Iberia suspect allegedly planning a New Year's Eve attack and foiled a Southern California bombing plot.
- Federal officials said the suspects self-identified as members of a radical Turtle Island Liberation Front offshoot motivated by anti-capitalist and anti-government views, planning bombings across Southern California targeting ICE.
- Surveillance aerial footage showed the four Los Angeles-area suspects moving a large black object to a table while rehearsing at the Mojave Desert, and officials said they had all materials to build a bomb.
- Micah Legnon, 29, a former New Iberia police officer and U.S. Marine, was arrested Saturday and faces charges related to threats in interstate commerce; authorities said he posed `a great threat`, threatened agents, and a sealed criminal complaint was filed.
- Investigators say court documents show Legnon used aliases `Dark Witch` and `Kateri the Witch`, belonged to `Order of The Black Lotus`, and was stopped on US 90 eastbound toward New Orleans on December 12, with weapons and body armor in his vehicle.
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New Iberia man accused of plotting a New Year’s Eve terror attack identified by federal officials
FBI officials said Micah Legnon, a former Marine living in New Iberia, was a member of Turtle Island Liberation Front, a pro-Palestinian “anti-government” organization and was plotting a New Year’s Eve terror attack.
New Iberia man allegedly connected to terror group identified; it is believed he was planning separate attack
NEW IBERIA, La. (NEWS 15) — Authorities have identified the New Iberia man allegedly connected to a group accused of planning a New Year's Eve terror plot in California. Micah Legnon, 29, a former New Iberia police officer and US…
FBI: Person arrested in New Iberia for plotting New Year’s Eve attack - American Press
Federal authorities arrested a suspect over the weekend in New Iberia who they allege was planning a New Year’s Eve attack. Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Kash Patel on social media said the person was part of a “radical subgroup” of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, a pro-Palestinian “anti-government” organization. It was the second announcement in as many days about planned New Year’s Eve attacks. Federal authorities said Monday t…
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