ELK GROVE, Calif — An Elk Grove woman was among two people arrested Friday after being indicted for soliciting hate crimes and soliciting the murder of federal officials.
According to the United States Department of Justice, 34-year-old Dallas Humber of Elk Grove, California and 37-year-old Matthew Allison of Boise, Idaho were leaders of the Terrorgram Collective. The DOJ classifies Terrorgram as a transnational terror group.
The 15-count indictment accuses the pair of “soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.”
“Today’s indictment charges the defendants with leading a transnational terrorist group dedicated to attacking America’s critical infrastructure, targeting a hit list of our country’s public officials, and carrying out deadly hate crimes – all in the name of violent white supremacist ideology,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “Today’s arrests are a warning that committing hate-fueled crimes in the darkest corners of the internet will not hide you, and soliciting terrorist attacks from behind a screen will not protect you. The United States Department of Justice will find you, and we will hold you accountable.”
The indictment alleges the two operated Terrorgram through messaging platform Telegram. The DOJ says Terrorgram promotes white supremacy and ideas that violence and terrorism are needed to start a race war.
The indictment also alleges that as leaders of the group, Humber and Allison gave advice for carrying out crimes, celebrated white supremacist attacks and had a hit list of “high value” targets to assassinate ranging from federal, state and local officials to leaders of private companies and organizations. The DOJ says many of them were targeted based on race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity.
The 15 counts are broken down as such:
- 4 counts of soliciting hate crimes,
- 3 counts of soliciting the murder of federal officials,
- 3 counts of doxing federal officials,
- 2 counts of distributing bombmaking instructions,
- 1 count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists,
- 1 count of conspiracy,
- 1 count of threatening communications.
If the two are convicted of all charges, they face a maximum sentence of 220 years in prison.
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