Court documents detail teenager’s alleged plans to attack Christians

A high school student from Florida, jose Pagan, has been charged in adult court with serious offenses related too radical activism. Authorities in Hillsborough County arrested him in January for possessing child pornography and threatening a mass shooting at a nearby church. Records indicate that online cult-like movements influenced him towards anti-Christian radicalism, and there is also a suspected arson plot that hadn’t been previously reported.


EXCLUSIVE — A high schooler is facing charges in adult court after Florida prosecutors said online cultish movements helped turn him into a would-be terrorist, records show.

Hillsborough County officials announced January that they arrested 14-year-old Jose Pagan for allegedly possessing child pornography and threatening a mass shooting against a nearby church. Charging documents obtained by the Washington Examiner shed more light on how police say he drifted toward anti-Christian radicalism — and a suspected arson plot that was not previously reported.

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