Onta Williams

New York Synagogue-Bomb Plotter Laguerre Payen Sentenced to 25 Years

A Haitian immigrant convicted last year of participating in a plot to bomb New York synagogues and shoot heat-seeking missiles at U.S. military planes was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

New York City Synagogue Bomb Plotters Are Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

Three men convicted of plotting to blow up New York synagogues and to fire heat-seeking missiles at U.S. military planes were sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Bomb-Plot Juror Removed as Judge in New York Refuses to Declare Mistrial

The judge in the trial of four men accused of planning to bomb New York synagogues refused to declare a mistrial, then dismissed a juror who said she might not be able to ignore a document she saw by mistake.

New York Bomb Plot Convictions Vindicate Use of Informant by Prosecutors

The convictions of four men for conspiring to bomb New York synagogues vindicated the post-9/11 strategy of using an informant to identify individuals deemed likely to engage in terrorism and encourage them up to the point of arrest, legal experts said.

Synagogue Bomb-Plot Defense Attorneys Question U.S. Informant on Omission

Attorneys for four men accused of plotting to bomb New York City synagogues and fire missiles at military planes began questioning the confidential informant at the center of the terrorism trial.

Bomb-Plot Informant Testifies FBI Sent Him to Terrorist Camp in Pakistan

The confidential informant at the center of the case against four men accused of plotting to bomb New York City synagogues testified that the Federal Bureau of Investigation sent him to Pakistan in 2008 to attend a terrorist training camp.

Four New York Men Convicted in Plot to Bomb Synagogues

Four men who plotted to bomb New York City synagogues and fire heat-seeking missiles at military planes were convicted by a federal court jury in Manhattan.

Prosecution Rests in New York Synagogue Plot Trial Against Four Men

Federal prosecutors today finished presenting their case against four men accused of plotting to bomb New York City synagogues and shoot down military aircraft.

Synagogue Plot Defense Team Gets Documents on Informant They Say Is Lying

Prosecutors turned over to defense attorneys hundreds of pages of documents relating to the confidential informant at the center of a trial of four men accused of plotting to bomb New York synagogues.

Bomb-Plot Trial to Go On as Judge Rejects Bid for Defendant's Mental Exam

The trial of four men accused of plotting to bomb New York City synagogues and fire missiles at military planes was delayed for a second day after one of them sat in a wheelchair with his eyes closed without speaking.

"Like, we prayed in Muslim, whatever, and, and like I said, the only reason why I was even in it,' cause of the money."

- Onta Williams on Oct 12, 2010

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