COLUMBUS — Danville’s Tycen Proper was one of two men to plead not guilty Thursday for their alleged roles in a planned attack on the UFC cage-fighting show at the White House on June 14. Proper, 19, and Chandler Scaggs, 21, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, entered the pleas before U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus […]
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Federal grand jury indicts 8, including Danville man, in White House plot
COLUMBUS — A total of eight defendants now face federal charges related to the alleged plot to carry out an attack to kill government officials and others attending the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Freedom 250 event held at the White House on June 14. All eight men were charged together in a two-count indictment returned […]
FBI: Two more arrests made in UFC plot involving Danville teen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two more men were arrested by the FBI since Friday in a fast-moving investigation of a plot to attack the June 14 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Freedom 250 event at the White House, according to a press release issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Justice. William Lee Spartacus Falkner was arrested […]
DHS: Alleged ringleader of UFC Freedom 250 plot involving Danville teen is a Mexican illegal alien
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The suspected ringleader of the failed terrorist plot at last weekend’s UFC Freedom 250 on the White House lawn is a Mexican illegal alien who overstayed a B2 visitor visa, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The FBI arrested Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez in Omaha, Neb., on June 14 for his alleged involvement in the […]
New information, photos released in probe of planned White House attack by Danville man
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story stated that Tycen Proper was enrolled at Mount Vernon Nazarene University (College on the report). The Knox County Sheriff’s Office stated that information was not accurate in its original report. DANVILLE — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has released a 211-page document in relation to the planned […]
Knox County man charged in planned attack at White House event waives detention hearing
The 19-year-old Knox County man charged with federal crimes for an alleged planned attack on a White House lawn event waived his right to a detention hearing.
