(WMTW) Xavier Pelkey, a 19-year-old from Waterville, was sentenced Monday to the maximum 15 years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for conspiring to provide material support to the terrorism group ISIS, the first case of its kind in Maine.
“We felt that was the appropriate sentence for the court to impose, so we’re glad that the court agreed with us,” Assistant United States Attorney Craig Wolf, the lead prosecutor, told Maine’s Total Coverage after the hearing.
The case centered around a plot hatched online, with a pair of teens outside Maine, to lodge an attack on religious sites in Chicago.
“It was a very serious offense that could have led to the deaths of scores of people,” Wolf said. “It went beyond mere talk.”
