COURTESY U.S. ATTORNEY/FBI COURT FILINGS
Video screenshots submitted as evidence of Ikaika Kang allegedly pledging allegiance to ISIS by kissing the lslamic State Flag and putting it up to his forehead.
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Federal prosecutors
filed a grand jury indictment Friday charging Wheeler Army Airfield soldier Ikaika Erik Kang with trying to provide support to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
The indictment charges Kang, 34, with four counts of attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years
in prison.
Two of the counts accuse Kang of trying to provide ISIS with military documents, some classified. The third count accuses Kang of trying to provide ISIS with military gear, including tactical equipment and ammunition, and a GoPro Karma, a consumer camera-equipped drone. The fourth count
accuses Kang of trying to provide ISIS with a training video of weaponry, firearms and hand-to-hand combat techniques.
The FBI has said it had been monitoring Kang’s activities for the past year. The agency said Kang dealt only with undercover agents and that he never made contact with anyone connected with ISIS.
Kang’s arraignment on the charges is scheduled for Monday afternoon. He remains in custody at the Federal Detention Center with no opportunity for release on bail or bond.
A trial attorney from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Counterterrorism Section arrived from Washington, D.C., last week to prosecute the case.
