4 indicted in foiled New Year's Eve terror bombing plot targeting Southern California businesses

Four individuals person been federally indicted successful transportation with a foiled New Year’s Eve bombing panic crippled successful Southern California, according to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Court documents authorities that the radical planned attacks connected aggregate businesses and besides initiated plans to people Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents pursuing the vacation season.

Prosecutors allege that the individuals are associated with the anti-government extremist radical Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), whose members glorified coercion and aimed to bash "as overmuch harm arsenic possible."

Authorities identified the defendants arsenic Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante James Anthony-Gaffield and Tina Lai successful the alleged bombing plot, referred to by the radical arsenic "Operation Midnight Sun." The members look varying charges including conspiracy to usage a limb of wide destruction, providing and attempting to supply worldly enactment to terrorists and possessing unregistered firearms. 

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Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, center, and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, right, outline caller developments successful a coercion probe connected Dec. 15, 2025, successful Los Angeles. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)

Court documents said the 4 individuals were readying connected detonating tube bombs targeting astatine slightest 5 locations, including exertion and logistics businesses, crossed Southern California. 

Throughout aboriginal December 2025, the defendants allegedly took steps to procure bomb-making materials and utilized encrypted messaging platforms to coordinate the operation and investigating of explosive devices. 

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Images of suspects successful an alleged panic crippled are presented connected a surface during a Los Angeles property league connected Dec. 15, 2025. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)

Authorities reported that Carroll, done encrypted messaging, made alarming statements including "I place arsenic a terrorist," "I americium a Hamas fangirl" and had goals of "completely pulverizing" buildings. She allegedly denounced peaceful protests portion discussing fantasies of ambushing instrumentality enforcement agents.

The panic crippled was reportedly foiled connected Dec. 12, erstwhile the defendants traveled to the Mojave Desert to behaviour unrecorded weapons investigating but were abruptly intercepted by members of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team.

Officials said that contempt the defendants’ efforts to debar detection — specified arsenic wrapping phones successful tinfoil to make "makeshift Faraday bags" and utilizing apps that automatically delete encrypted messages — instrumentality enforcement was capable to intercept their plans with the assistance of informants and undercover agents.

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Authorities stated that suspect Carroll had unknowingly shared the group’s bombing plans with instrumentality enforcement assets. Through this, the FBI reportedly obtained copies of handwritten bombing plans, lists of required bomb-making materials, and accusation astir the group’s extremist messaging network.

Defendants Carroll and Page besides allegedly discussed plans they intended to transportation retired aft the New Year’s Eve bombings, including targeting ICE agents and vehicles successful bid to intimidate and harm instrumentality enforcement, according to tribunal documents.

All 4 defendants are expected to marque their archetypal appearances successful national tribunal successful the Central District of California.