A third man has pleaded guilty to plotting attacks on Jewish targets in southern California.
Gregory Patterson, a 23-year-old college student, pleaded guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy to levy war against the United States through terrorism and conspiracy to possess and discharge firearms.
He will be sentenced on April 14 and could face up to 25 years in prison.
On Friday, two leaders of the Muslim terrorist ring – Kevin James, 31, and Levar Haley Washington, 28 – pleaded guilty to charges relating to the plot to blow up synagogues, Jewish community centers and other Jewish or Israel-related sites in and around Los Angeles.
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