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Arrest of Sacramento ISIS suspect one of several terror cases prosecuted in region
By Sam Stanton

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The Lodi Terror Case


The first and most controversial was the post-9/11 announcement by federal authorities in June 2005 that they had broken up an al-Qaida terror cell based in Lodi.

Prosecutors charged Hamid Hayat, then a 22-year-old cherry picker, of traveling to Pakistan to train as a terrorist and said he received explosives and weapons training that included using photos of President George W. Bush as targets. His father, Umer, also was charged with lying to the FBI.

Umer Hayat’s jury could not reach a verdict and he eventually pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to time served.

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article216800345.html

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