A fatal plane crash that killed nine vaulted Akron, Ohio into the national news this week, but there’s another important story coming out of the Rubber City that deserves attention as well. A 25-year-old Akron man was arrested today on suspicion of posting threats to members of the military along with detailed personal information identifying specific targets, including photos and addresses.
Feds arrest Terrence McNeil, 25, of Akron for allegedly soliciting murder of U.S. military members, disseminating ISIL rhetoric. @WKSU
— MLSchultze (@MLSchultze) November 12, 2015
Akron man accused of recruiting for ISIL to kill military https://t.co/7c7099DdiU pic.twitter.com/jG0nXFNHBd
— WKBN 27 First News (@WKBN) November 12, 2015
According to WKBN, Terrence J. McNeil, 25, was arrested by the FBI on a single charge of soliciting a crime of violence after allegedly calling for the killing of American service members. McNeil reportedly posted on Tumblr a file called “Target: United States Military” followed by “Leak: Addresses of 100 U.S. Military Personnel.” As far as violent rhetoric, McNeil is alleged of posting, in part:
Know that it is necessary for you to kill these kuffar! And now we have made it easy for you by giving you the addresses. All you need to do is take the final step, so what are you waiting for?
Kill them in their own lands, behead them in their own homes, stab them to death as they walk the streets thinking they are safe.
FBI says Akron man posted pics of military members to his Tumblr calling for people to kill them in the street @cleveland19news
— Shanice (@ShaniceDunning) November 12, 2015
Neighbor told me she saw McNeil being arrested and that she can't believe someone who could do that lives so close pic.twitter.com/BMQaF6GTaF
— Shanice (@ShaniceDunning) November 12, 2015
UPDATED: Akron man accused of soliciting the killing of military members in the name of ISIL https://t.co/ZlqaVeiZRC with @AdamFerrise
— Eric Heisig (@eheisig) November 12, 2015
Eric Heisig of cleveland.com adds that McNeil has been on the FBI’s radar for some time. In June, when a shooter was killed in a fatal attack on a Marine recruiting station in Chattanooga, Tenn., McNeil posted to Tumblr, “May Allah (SWT) accept our brother Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez.”
The criminal complaint against McNeil can be read here.
