A Boise man charged with aiding terrorists and soliciting murder appeared in court for the first time Tuesday afternoon, hours after new court documents shed more light on the “grave danger” officials said he poses to the public.
The Idaho Statesman reports 37 year old Matthew Allison made an initial appearance at the Federal Courthouse in Boise, where U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale read him the 15 federal charges he faces.
Allison did not enter a plea and will be held in custody until a follow-up hearing September 18th in Boise.
He was arrested Friday in connection with alleged terrorist activity on the social media site Telegram, which includes multiple counts of soliciting the murder of a federal official and soliciting a hate crime, as well as aiding terrorism.
The grand jury indictment in the case linked Allison to actual and planned acts of terrorism in Turkey, Slovakia and New Jersey.
Allison was arrested wearing a backpack containing zip ties, duct tape, a gun, ammunition, a lock-picking kit and a knife.
