Security News in Brief: Carroll County Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge for Possession of Child Pornography

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Matthew Curtis, age 24, of Hampstead, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of possession of child pornography. In September 2017, Curtis was convicted of possession of child pornography in the Circuit Court of Carroll County, Maryland and was sentenced to one year and six months in prison and three years’ probation.

Security News in Brief: Brooklyn Federal Jury Convicts U.S. Citizen of Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Earlier today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Bernard Raymond Augustine, a U.S. citizen and California resident, of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS” or “the Islamic State”). The verdict followed a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. When sentenced, Augustine faces up to 20 years in prison.