Feb. 11 (UPI) -- A former Virginia National Guard soldier and childhood refugee from Africa was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, prosecutors said.
Mohamad Bailor Jalloh, 27, of Sterling, Va., pleaded guilty to the charge in October, after undercover FBI agents said he expressed a desire to carry out an attack similar to the Orlando nightclub shooting or the attack on Fort Hood. Prosecutors said Jalloh, who was brought to the United States as a child after fleeing violence in his native Sierra Leone, also met with another undercover FBI agent posing as a member of the Islamic State and gave him $500 to support the terrorist group.