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FBI Expands Halloween ISIS Probe With Arrests in New Jersey and Washington

Prosecutors say new suspects sought to join ISIS overseas as Michigan defendants face added material-support charges after raids seized rifles, tactical gear and thousands of rounds.

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Members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force search a home in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 31, 2025. FBI Director Kash Patel said Friday that the agency had thwarted a "potential terrorist attack" planned in the northern state of Michigan over Halloween weekend. Patel said the FBI arrested multiple subjects.
An FBI agent enters a home in a Dearborn, Mich., neighborhood on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
FBI agents gather outside a home in a Dearborn, Mich., neighborhood on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Overview

  • Officials say the total number of arrests tied to the case has reached eight across Michigan, New Jersey and Washington, and the investigation remains active.
  • In New Jersey, Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel was charged with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, while Milo Sedarat was charged with transmitting threats.
  • Saed Ali Mirreh of Kent, Washington, was charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and was arrested before a planned flight to Istanbul after accelerating his travel plans.
  • An amended complaint in Michigan added Ayob Nasser and material-support and firearms-terrorism counts alongside Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud, with agents seizing AR‑style rifles, shotguns, handguns, tactical gear and more than 1,600 rounds.
  • Complaints detail encrypted communications, a plot code-named “pumpkin,” scouting of LGBTQ-friendly Ferndale venues, and plans to reach Syria via Turkey, while defense attorneys dispute the government’s characterization of intent.