4 members of alleged 'anti-capitalist' group indicted in SoCal bomb plot

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The details: According to the indictment, the defendants are part of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, or TILF.

In November, one of the members allegedly drafted an eight-page, handwritten document titled “Operation Midnight Sun” that described a bombing plot targeting technology and logistics companies across Southern California on New Year’s Eve, according to prosecutors.

Another group member is accused of sending two others a message that read: “death to israel death to the usa death to colonizers death to settler-coloniasm [sic].”

Other targets: The defendants also planned to target U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and vehicles with firearms and pipe bombs to “take some of them out and scare the rest of them,” according to the indictment.

The defendants:

• Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30, a.k.a. “Asiginaak,” and “Black Moon,” of South Los Angeles;
• Zachary Aaron Page, 32, a.k.a. “AK,” “Ash Kerrigan,” and “Cthulu’s Daughter,” of Torrance;
• Dante James Anthony-Gaffield, 24, a.k.a. “Nomad,” of South Los Angeles; and
• Tina Lai, 41, a.k.a. “Kickwhere,” of Glendale.

All are being held in federal custody without bond. Each is charged with one count of providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists and one count of possession of unregistered firearms.

If convicted, Carroll and Page could be sentenced to life in federal prison. Gaffield and Lai would face at least 25 years in federal prison.

Reached for comment, an attorney for Lai said only that she would plead not guilty to the charges early next month. Attorneys for Carroll and Gaffield did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.

LAist was not immediately able to identify an attorney for Page.

What’s next: Arraignment is set for Jan. 5 in U.S. District Court.