Judge orders release of man who was accused of plotting IS-inspired truck attacks near Washington

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the release of a Maryland man who has been imprisoned for more than four years on charges that he plotted Islamic State group-inspired attacks at an airport and at an entertainment complex in the Washington, D.C., area. Rondell Henry pleaded guilty in August to attempting to perform an act of violence at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis agreed to sentence Henry to the jail time that he already has served since his March 2019 arrest. Henry abandoned his plan to plow a stolen U-Haul van into pedestrians at the airport and was later arrested after he parked the truck at National Harbor.