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FBI: Transit Officer Charged Under US Terror Law 

MATTHEW BARAKAT               A law enforcement officer walks on the street outside the home of Nicholas Young, a Washington Metro Transit Officer, Wednes-
Associated Press              day, Aug. 3, 2016, in Fairfax, Va., Young was arrested at Metro’s headquarters in Washington and charged with a single count of
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) —        attempting to provided material support to a terrorist group.
Prosecutors brought the
first-ever federal terror-                                                                                                                                          (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
ism charges against a law
enforcement officer in        Young after the hearing,        If convicted, Young could    Libya at least once in 2011,  traveled with body armor,
the  U.S., alleging Wednes-   said he could not com-          face up to 20 years in       where he said he joined       a Kevlar helmet and other
day that a patrol officer     ment because he had not         prison. Young had been       rebel forces seeking to oust  military-style items.
with the D.C. region’s tran-  yet been able to research       under surveillance since     dictator Moammar Gad-
sit police bought about       the details of the case.        2010, and he traveled to     hafi, the affidavit said. He         Continued on Page 4
$250 worth of gift cards for
someone he thought was
working with the Islamic
State group.
Nicholas Young, 36, of Fair-
fax, was arrested Wednes-
day at Metro Transit Police
headquarters in Washing-
ton and charged with a
single count of attempting
to provide material sup-
port to a terrorist group.
According to anFBI affi-
davit  , Young bought the
gift cards last month that
he intended for the Islamic
State to  use  to purchase
mobile messaging apps.
Young actually gave the
codes for the gift cards to
an undercover FBI officer,
the affidavit said.
He made a brief court ap-
pearance Wednesday af-
ternoon, wearing a T-shirt
and what appeared to be
his uniform slacks.
David Smith, who was
appointed to represent

Hurricane Earl Aims for Belize, Threatens Rains and Floods 

PATRICK E. JONES              Most of the 83 people on        as did two commercial        broadcasts to urge resi-      evening and would likely
Associated Press              board were rescued, but         airports. The commission                                   come ashore as a Cate-
BELMOPAN, Belize (AP)         the navy was looking for        warned of torrential rains,  dents of low-lying areas to   gory 1 hurricane.
— Earl strengthened into      two missing.                    particularly along the                                     Long lines of vehicles
a hurricane Wednesday         Authorities rescued four        northern coast. The storm    move to higher ground.        formed at gas stations
and roared toward a           families in the coastal         swept by the popular tour-                                 across Belize as residents
nighttime landfall in the     city of Trujillo after a river  ist destination of Roatan    Officials also ordered the    filled their tanks in advance
Caribbean nation of Belize    jumped its banks.               Island in the afternoon.                                   of Earl’s arrival. Stores were
as it brushed by Honduras,    Lisandro Rosales, head          The  U.S. National Hurri-    international airport in      busy with people buying
leaving felled trees and      of Honduras’ emergency          cane Center in Miami said                                  water and food.
power lines in its wake.      commission, said there          Earl threatened to bring     Belize City to close and      Employees of the Carib-
The storm dumped rain         were reports of large           heavy rains, flooding and                                  bean Villas Hotel, in San
on nearly all of Honduras,    numbers of trees and util-      high winds to Belize and     archaeological reserves       Pedro on Belize’s Amber-
where officials reported      ity poles being knocked         Mexico.                                                    gris Caye, pulled in beach
a lobster fishing boat was    down. Schools and univer-       In Belize, the government    and national parks were       chairs and chaise lounges
hit by a large wave in the    sities closed across Hon-       opened storm shelters and                                  as rain began to fall on the
Caribbean and capsized.       duras’ Atlantic provinces       used radio and television    shut. The Belize Tourism      popular beach resort.q

                                                                                           Board announced that

                                                                                           cruise ship calls had been

                                                                                           canceled for this week.

                                                                                           The government’s chief

                                                                                           meteorologist,  Dennis

                                                                                           Gonguez, said the storm

                                                                                           should begin affecting

                                                                                           the country Wednesday