CHICAGO — A former Illinois National Guard soldier pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State group.
Hasan Edmonds, 23, of Aurora, Illinois, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
The pleas in Chicago federal court came one week after his cousin, Jonas Edmonds, 30, of Aurora, pleaded guilty to similar charges.
“Hasan and Jonas Edmonds conspired to provide material support to ISIL,” John P. Carlin, assistant attorney general for national security, said in a news release, using one of the alternative names for the Islamic State group. “They admitted planning to wage violence on behalf of ISIL in the Middle East and to conduct an attack on our soil.”
Prosecutors say Hasan Edmonds devised a plan for Jonas Edmonds to travel to the Middle East and join Islamic State fighters overseas. After dropping his cousin off at Midway International Airport last March, Jonas Edmonds went to Hasan Edmonds’ home and collected several National Guard uniforms that he planned to wear as a disguise during a planned attack at the Joliet armory, the plea agreement said.
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