Air Force Vet Convicted Of Terrorism Gets 35 Years In Prison

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Air Force veteran convicted of terrorism charges for trying to join the Islamic State group and die a martyr was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison by a judge who called it a “very sad thing” that a onetime soldier would want to join a group seeking to destroy America.
The March 2016 conviction of Tairod Pugh, 49, of Neptune, New Jersey, was the first verdict from more than 70 cases the government brought against Americans accused of trying to supp