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Triangle-based terror suspect has court date next week

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By Anne Blythe - Staff writer

Tags: Daniel Patrick Boyd | terror suspect | court | federal government | plea

RALEIGH -- The man who has been described by prosecutors as the ringleader of a Triangle-based terrorist group is scheduled to be in federal court next week.

An arraignment and plea hearing have been set for Daniel Patrick Boyd, who was charged in 2009 with conspiring to provide support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people abroad.

He is due in the federal courthouse in New Bern at 1 p.m. Feb. 9.

Federal prosecutors claim that Boyd and seven co-defendants, including two of his sons, were plotting plans to engage in violent jihad overseas.

Defense attorneys dispute those claims.

anne.blythe@newsobserver.com or 919 836-4948

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