NC Woman Charged in Houston Synagogue Attack Plot

An 18-year-old woman from Lexington, North Carolina, was arrested Wednesday on charges of conspiring to carry out a mass-casualty attack on a Houston synagogue, authorities said, in a plot that allegedly aimed to kill as many Jewish worshippers as possible by driving a vehicle through the congregation.

Angelina Han Hicks faces felony charges including conspiracy to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon, according to court documents from Davidson County. She is being held in the county jail on a $10 million bond, set by District Court Judge Carlton Terry, who noted in the order that the unidentified co-conspirators remain at large and pose an ongoing risk. Investigators say Hicks conspired with two men, identified only as Teegan and Angel, and a 16-year-old juvenile in Harris County, Texas, who was separately charged. The juvenile's arrest followed a tip that prompted a rapid multistate investigation by the FBI's Charlotte Joint Terrorism Task Force, launched Tuesday evening.

Court warrants detail the alleged plan targeting Congregation Beth Israel, Texas's oldest Jewish house of worship, founded in the 1850s and home to a day school serving students up to fifth grade....