Overview
- Five people are in custody after federal agents disrupted what authorities describe as a far‑left cell linked to the Turtle Island Liberation Front.
- Micah James Legnon was intercepted on the way to New Orleans with firearms, a gas canister and body armor and has been ordered held until trial on a federal threats charge.
- Four defendants in Southern California—Audrey Carroll, Zachary Page, Dante Gaffield and Tina Lai—face conspiracy and destructive‑device counts tied to a planned New Year’s Eve bombing scheme.
- Charging documents cite a handwritten plan labeled “OPERATION MIDNIGHT SUN,” encrypted Signal chats under the moniker “Order of the Black Lotus,” and desert testing of bomb components.
- Prosecutors say targets included multiple Los Angeles sites with simultaneous detonations and potential follow‑on attacks against immigration officers, while further charges remain under review.