Former U.S. Soldier Who Fought With Ukrainian Far-Right Militia Wanted For U.S. Murder
A former U.S. Army soldier who fought for a far-right Ukrainian paramilitary group and who has been linked to a bomb plot in the United States has been detained in Ukraine on charges related to a double murder last year.
Craig Lang, 29, is one of two Army veterans implicated in the 2018 murder of a couple, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Florida, where the killing occurred.
The case is one of a growing number involving former U.S. veterans and U.S.-based extremists and white supremacist groups who have cultivated ties with Ukrainian right-wing groups in recent years.
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The other soldier involved is the guy who wanted to bomb a news network, news from a few days ago, his court date was today, Sept. 26. Jarrett William Smith, see below:
Fort Riley soldier in bomb plot wanted to set fire to home, documents say
Posted 3:00 pm, September 26, 2019, by AP Wire
TOPEKA, Kan. — A federal grand jury in Kansas has indicted an Army soldier on charges that he distributed explosives information and threatened to set fire to a home.
The indictment charged Jarrett William Smith with two counts related to the explosives and one count linked to trying to gain entry to a home and injure someone listed only as D.H. The indictment alleges he made the threat from Kansas to Michigan.
The 24-year-old private first class and infantry soldier from South Carolina is stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. He was initially charged in a criminal complaint on Monday. He remains in custody pending a detention hearing Thursday afternoon.
Read more at: https://fox4kc.com/2019/09/26/fort-riley-soldier-in-bomb-plot-wanted-to-set-fire-to-home-documents-say/
The photo must or might be him before he joined the service. Check the rest of the story, Smith was on a "hit list" of a Christian Helms, described in the article as a Columbine wannabe but he was stopped in time.
Check this out:
Prosecutor: ‘Satanist’ soldier sought government’s overthrow
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press
September 26, 2019 06:37 PM, Updated 33 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan.
A prosecutor alleged in federal court Thursday that an Army infantry soldier charged with distributing information about building bombs is a Satanist who plotted to overthrow the U.S. government, while his attorney said he's only an internet troll caught "spouting off" online.
Jarrett William Smith, a 24-year-old private first class stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, is accused of providing information about explosives last week to an FBI undercover agent on the encrypted messaging service Telegram. He also is accused of threatening to burn down the house of a far-left-leaning "antifa" member.
Smith pleaded not guilty Thursday to two charges in a grand jury indictment of distributing explosives information and a third charge of making a threatening interstate communication. U.S. Magistrate Judge Angel Mitchell ordered him detained until his trial. The threat against the activist, listed in the indictment only as "D.H.", was transmitted from Kansas to Michigan, although it wasn't clear where the house is located.
Read more here: https://www.bradenton.com/news/nation-world/national/article235503867.html#storylink=cpy
