Blue city insurrectionist accused of plotting DC-area terror attacks sentenced to time served

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A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of a Maryland man who 
has been imprisoned for more than four years on charges that he 
plotted ISIS-inspired attacks at an airport and at a shopping and 
entertainment complex in the Washington, DC, area. Rondell Henry, 
32, of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty in August to attempting 
to perform an act of violence at Dulles International Airport in 
Virginia. US District Judge Paula Xinis agreed to sentence Henry to 
the jail time that he already has served since his March 2019 
arrest, reports the AP.

Accepting terms recommended by both prosecutors and defense 
attorneys, the judge also sentenced Henry to lifetime supervised 
release with mandatory participation in a mental health treatment 
program. "It's an unusual resolution for a highly unusual case," 
Xinis said. Henry abandoned his plan to plow a stolen U-Haul van 
into pedestrians at the airport because he didn't think the early-
morning crowd was large enough, prosecutors said. Police arrested 
Henry after he parked the truck at National Harbor, a popular 
waterfront destination in Maryland just outside the nation's 
capital. Henry didn't harm anybody at either location, but a 
prosecutor has said that he intended to kill as many "disbelievers" 
as possible.

Henry ultimately agreed to plead guilty to a felony that carries a 
maximum prison sentence of 20 years. But prosecutors and defense 
attorneys agreed that an appropriate sentence for Henry would be 
time served and lifetime supervised release with mandatory mental 
health treatment and compliance with prescribed medication. "This 
had the potential to cause mass death, mass casualties, as well as 
widespread fear," said a prosecutor, Jessica Collins. Henry told the 
judge that he feels "much better" and is committed to getting the 
mental health treatment that he needs. He said he is looking forward 
to being reunited with his family, including his mother, stepfather 
and sister.

Several months before his arrest, Henry, who worked as an IT service 
desk technician, began experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia and 
having delusional and paranoid thoughts, according to his attorneys. 
They say he now takes daily medication to treat his mental health 
condition and hasn't been experiencing any delusional thoughts or 
hallucinations. (Read more terrorism stories.)

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