Man accused of trying to help militants to stay in prison
RALEIGH — A North Carolina man who the government sought to prosecute as an example to others considering joining militant fighters in Syria was sentenced Thursday to spend another two years in federal prison.U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle sentenced Basit Sheikh to the maximum term under a guilty plea agreement he struck with prosecutors in August, news outlets reported. Sheikh has spent five years in federal custody since his November 2013 arrest at Raleigh’s […]
