North Carolina woman charged in alleged Houston synagogue attack plot as investigators search for 2 others

A North Carolina pistillate has been charged successful an alleged crippled targeting a Texas synagogue, with authorities saying a multi-state probe whitethorn person prevented a imaginable attack.

Angelina Han Hicks, 18, of Lexington, was charged with participating successful a conspiracy to onslaught members of a Houston synagogue designed to "kill arsenic galore Jews arsenic imaginable by driving done a congregation," according to tribunal documents, The Associated Press reported.

She was arrested Wednesday successful transportation with an alleged program targeting Congregation Beth Israel successful Houston, according to warrants, aft investigators received a extremity and moved rapidly to act.

The FBI Charlotte Joint Terrorism Task Force said it launched a multi-state probe Tuesday, starring to Hicks’ apprehension and the charging of a juvenile successful Harris County, Texas.

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Angelina Han Hicks, 18, of Lexington, N.C., was arrested successful transportation with an alleged crippled targeting a Houston synagogue, authorities said. (Davidson County Sheriff's Office)

"This is an exceptional illustration of erstwhile you spot thing concerning, you accidental thing to instrumentality enforcement," the FBI said successful a statement, adding that the probe remains ongoing.

Investigators uncovered grounds that Hicks and others were allegedly readying what officials described arsenic a "mass-casualty event" astatine the synagogue, with aboriginal concerns the menace could person been imminent.

Alan Martin, the county’s elder adjunct territory attorney, told the AP determination had been "some interest that determination could beryllium an imminent event" targeting the Houston synagogue.

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A antheral listens during a Yom HaShoah ceremonial for Holocaust Remembrance Day astatine Congregation Beth Israel successful Houston.  (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Court documents authorities Hicks is accused of conspiring with 2 antheral suspects identified lone arsenic "Teegan" and "Angel." Their whereabouts are unknown, and they person not been arrested, raising concerns astir ongoing risk.

District Court Judge Carlton Terry acceptable Hicks’ enslaved astatine $10 million, penning that allowing connection betwixt co-conspirators "puts lives astatine risk."

Congregation Beth Israel, the oldest Jewish location of worship successful Texas, closed Wednesday "out of an abundance of caution," according to the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston.

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"The information and information of the Houston Jewish assemblage is of utmost value to each of us," the federation said successful a statement.

Investigators person not publically identified a motive for the alleged plot, and Martin said helium did not cognize wherefore the Houston synagogue, located much than 1,000 miles from Hicks’ location successful North Carolina, was targeted.

Hicks’ court-appointed attorney, Chad Freeman, told the Houston Chronicle the lawsuit remains successful its aboriginal stages and said her property could beryllium a origin successful her defense.

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Authorities said a multi-state probe led to the apprehension of a North Carolina pistillate successful an alleged crippled targeting a Texas synagogue. (iStock)

"I expect getting galore experts progressive successful the lawsuit to look astatine some investigatory and imaginable forensic matters," Freeman said.

Hicks’ father, who spoke to Fox affiliate WGHP and was not identified, disputed the allegations and described his girl arsenic a "good kid."

"We miss her and we’re sick implicit this mess," helium said. "And it looks similar they conscionable privation to get paid due to the fact that she’s nary menace to anyone different than being a phantasy video [game] player."

He besides said Hicks does not person a driver’s licence oregon entree to a vehicle, contempt allegations the crippled progressive utilizing a car to transportation retired an attack. Authorities person not addressed those claims.

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The lawsuit comes amid heightened concerns astir threats targeting Jewish communities.

Last month, authorities said Ayman Ghazali drove a pickup motortruck into a synagogue successful West Bloomfield, Michigan, injuring a information defender earlier fatally shooting himself pursuing an speech of gunfire. No children oregon unit wrong the gathering were injured.

Officials said aboriginal reporting of suspicious behaviour played a cardinal relation successful disrupting the alleged plot.

Hicks is being held successful the Davidson County Detention Center and is scheduled to look successful tribunal adjacent month.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.