A Washington, D.C. Metro Transit police officer was arrested by FBI agents on Wednesday for trying to provide material support to the Islamic State.
Nicholas Young, 36, from Fairfax, Virginia, was charged with aiding the terror group. He has been with Metro police since 2003.
Young allegedly sent mobile messaging cards to a law enforcement source last week that he thought would be used overseas by ISIS fighters to communicate, according to an indictment filed in Alexandria federal court viewed by the Washington Post.
The alleged transaction obtained by the FBI was reportedly for $250, according to Fox News.
The FBI had been monitoring Young since September 2010. He traveled to Libya twice in 2011 and said he joined rebel forces fighting to depose the country’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Authorities said Young never posed a credible threat to the Metro system.
Young is set to appear in court at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
This is one of several recent cases in which an American has been charged with helping ISIS, including in the nation’s capital. A Virginia man was charged last month with taking photos of prominent D.C. area landmarks in order to help ISIS plot attacks on them.