Emanuel L. Lutchman, “claiming to receive direction from an overseas ISIL member, planned to commit an armed attack against civilians at a restaurant/bar located in the Rochester, New York, area today,” the department said in a statement, referring to Islamic State by an acronym.
A criminal complaint against Lutchman, who appeared in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York on Thursday, described him as a “self-professed Muslim convert with a criminal history dating back to approximately 2006…. as well as previous state mental hygiene arrests.” Read more

