Army soldier sentenced to 14 years for ISIS plot to kill US forces, after requesting he serve 40 years
Cole Bridges provided training and guidance to purported ISIS fighters who were planning attacks
By Michael Dorgan Fox News
Published October 12, 2024 11:07am EDT
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A U.S. Army soldier has been sentenced to 14 years in prison having pleaded guilty to attempting to assist the Islamic State terror group on how to ambush his fellow soldiers in the Middle East during conversations in which he believed he was speaking with a terrorist.
Cole Bridges, 24, of Stow, Ohio, was handed down the sentence after a nearly five-hour Manhattan federal court proceeding in which he surprisingly requested he be given a maximum 40-year sentence. Bridges pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in June 2023.
"Honestly, I do believe that I deserve the maximum sentence," Bridges told Judge Lewis J. Liman. "I know what I did was wrong," he said, adding he would carry "regret for as long as I live."
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