Homegrown Jihadi Arrested in Texas

(Mesquite, Texas) A 31-year-old North Texas man, Abraham Ray Cole (aka Tekku Wawatajusra), was arrested yesterday by federal agents for threatening to use explosives to destroy Armed Forces Recruiting Offices. The FBI stated that threatening calls were made, starting in December, to recruiting offices in Mesquite, Plano and Garland.

Cole, a converted Muslim, is accused of being the caller to the recruiting office who said, "You'll pay for your sins, the jihad has begun," and, "We'll blow up your offices and decapitate you." Since his conversion to Islam was a precursor to his terrorist threats, I'd like to know who converted him and where. Possibly other homegrown jihadis were created at the same time and place.

A grand jury indicted Cole on a charge of making threats by means of explosives. If convicted, he faces a possible 10 years in prison.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.